Big business welcomes budget deal – union disappointment
Business leaders welcomed the last-minute budget that will provide incentives for both the business sector and wage earners. Managing Director (MD) Jens Klarskov of the Danish Chamber of Commerce praised the government for…
MoreFormer foreign minister’s memory lapse
Former foreign minister Per Stig Møller’s claim that ex-PM Anders Fogh Rasmussen should have agreed to a meeting with Muslim ambassadors when the Mohammed crisis was raging throughout the Middle East seven years ago…
MoreConfidence returns to housing market
Confidence in the property market has surged to its highest levels since 2007, with a majority of Danes expecting house prices to rise in the coming year. 47% of respondents in mortgage lender…
MorePolio threat from Syrian refugees
The Danish authorities are closely monitoring the health crisis in Syria to avoid the spread of polio. In response to reports that refugees fleeing the civil war in Syria could cause an outbreak…
MoreSyria: Minister welcomes UN peace talks
New Minister for Development Cooperation Rasmus Helveg Petersen has welcomed the UN announcement of an international peace conference on Syria – the so-called Geneva II conference –on 22 January 2014, aimed at finding…
MoreAnders Fogh Rasmussen handled Mohammed cartoons crisis wrong says former minister
Former prime minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen committed a serious mistake when he refused a request to meet 11 Muslim ambassadors in 2005, says former foreign minister Per Stig Møller. In a documentary about…
MoreDR’s disastrous exit polls a ‘problem for democracy’
Opposition parties are demanding a full report from state-run broadcaster DR as to how its exit polls in last week’s local elections could be so wrong. DR’s early-evening projections predicted disaster for the…
MoreEU urges Denmark to accept more Syrian refugees – politicians say no
The Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights, Nils Muižnieks, has urged Denmark to open its borders and accept more Syrian refugees. Syrian nationals are the biggest group being processed by the Danish…
MoreNo budget deal – talks continue today
The government and Red/Green Alliance again failed to reach agreement on the 2014 budget last night, even though Finance Minister Bjarne Corydon had earlier in the day backed down and promised an extra…
MoreMultinationals’ tax payments revealed
How much do 160,000 companies in this country hand over to the Danish taxman? People will be able to see for themselves next week when all the details are published on the internet….
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