Fired embassy employee appeals to Søvndal
A former employee of the Pakistani Embassy in Copenhagen who was fired when she became pregnant has made a personal appeal to Foreign Minister Villy Søvndal to force the embassy to pay the…
MoreDKK90m to fight social inheritance
The government is determined to break the negative cycle of social inheritance by setting aside DKK90m in the benefits reform bill to help socially disadvantaged families where the problems of unemployment, substance and…
MoreMuslim poet creates stir in USA
18-year-old Aarhus poet Yahya Hassan’s rebellion against Islam and Muslims in this country has reached the USA. Hassan, the son of Palestinian immigrants who fled from Lebanon in the 1980’s, has sold 32,000…
MoreBankruptcies, foreclosures up
Just as the economy appeared to be showing signs of recovery two key indicators temper the growing optimism – the number of bankruptcies and home foreclosures rose in October compared to the same…
MoreLow interest rates to continue but will outstrip ECB
Although borrowers in this country can still look forward to record-low interest over the next few year the Danish National Bank will gradually increase rates faster than the European Central Bank (ECB). Danske…
MoreMinisters ordered to fall in line
Parliament’s Presidium has ordered the government to release all relevant documents regarding the controversial solar panel legislation. After a meeting of the Presidium, Wednesday, Speaker of the House Mogens Lykketoft said the government…
MoreFogh Rasmussen rejects Russia’s provocation accusations
NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen has rejected Russian claims that this week’s military exercise in the Baltic countries and Poland is intended as a provocation. The exercise, involving 6,000 soldiers from the…
MoreOpposition parties’ patience with Løkke ‘wearing thin’
The opposition’s patience with Lars Løkke Rasmussen is wearing thin, according to Berlingske commentator Thomas Larsen who claims that even Liberal members are growing tired of the constant media focus on their leader’s…
MoreStop the Løkke witch-hunt says ally
The Liberals’ former finance minister, Lars Hjørt Frederiksen, has called for a stop to the ‘witch-hunt’ against party leader Lars Løkke Rasmussen. Mr Frederiksen, who was forced to physically intervene yesterday when journalists…
MoreOne in three councils employ foreign labour
Every third local authority building or renovation project involves German or East European labour. A new report by Denmark’s biggest trade union, 3F, shows that local councils invest over DKK17bn ($3.3bn) in infrastructure…
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