Government needs 234,000 voters for re-election
The government would have to attract 325 voters every single day ahead of the next election to remain in power. New calculations by weekly political newsletter A4 show that 234,000 voters would have…
MoreVoters would cut foreign aid
A majority of the electorate would like to see DKK2.5bn of foreign development aid cut from next year’s budget. In a new Rambøll poll for Jyllands-Posten, 54 per cent believe it would be…
MoreEconomists question Liberals’ zero-growth plan
Some of Denmark’s leading economists harbour serious doubts about the Liberals’ plan for zero public sector growth. Berlingske has asked 10 of the country’s most respected economists whether the Liberals would be able…
MorePraise for Croatia
Minister for Europe Nick Hækkerup has welcomed Croatia’s back down on extradition legislation. The country has agreed to amend its extradition rules no later than next January, bowing to pressure from the European…
MoreFirst public sector surplus for 4 years
The public sector enjoyed a DKK2bn surplus in Q2, the first time the state’s finances have been in the black for four years and a significant improvement on the DKK12bn deficit in Q1….
MoreInjection clinics save lives
The three legal injection clinics for drug addicts in Copenhagen and Odense have saved hundreds of lives so far, experts claim. The first clinic to be set up in the hard-pressed Vesterbro district…
MoreStrategic framework for Danish support to Development Research, 2014-2018
A strategic framework for Danish support to Development Research, 2014-2018 has been drafted for public consultations during the period of 25 September 2013 to 29 November 2013. From the Ministry of Foreign Affairs:…
MoreAnonymous letter blows open Taxgate investigation
An anonymous letter received by the Taxgate Commission implies that leading Liberal party figures lied when giving testimony. The Commission postponed hearings scheduled for this week, stating that it had received certain ‘information’…
MoreOpposition demands prosecution of ‘jihad warriors’
The opposition has demanded a review of anti-terror legislation after Copenhagen police acknowledged that there’s insufficient evidence to prosecute ‘jihad warriors’, even though Justice Minister Moren Bødskov has previously vowed to instigate legal…
MoreDPP no could lead to new EU referendum
Prime Minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt has accused the Danish People’s Party (DPP) of damaging the Danish business sector by voting against the EU Patent Court, which could spark off a new EU referendum. In…
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