Young jobless get work but return to welfare
Young unemployed have trouble weaning themselves off welfare. A new study by the National Labour Market Authority reveals that 41% of those between the age of 18 and 24 who found work or…
MoreThe Week That Was, December 9th – December 15th,2013
Politics/Economy Prime Minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt promised that there would be no more cabinet reshuffles this side of an election following the larger than expected reshuffle in the wake of the Red/Green Alliance pulling…
MoreNo more cabinet re-shuffles says PM
Prime Minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt presented her four new cabinet ministers to the Queen, Friday, and vowed it would be the last cabinet re-shuffle during the current elective period. In an impromptu press briefing…
MoreCabinet appointment creates division within Social Democrats
The cabinet-re-shuffle has created even more division within Social Democrat ranks, with MP’s frustrated that leadership chose to bring in an ‘outsider’ – MEP Dan Jørgensen who’s returned from Brussels to become Minister…
MoreThorning cagy on ex-minister’s EU job prospects
Prime Minister has refused to deny, or confirm, whether Morten Bødskov is being lined up for a job as Denmark’s EU Commissioner next year. Mr Bødskov, one of the PM’s most faithful allies,…
MoreForeign Minister asked to explain praise for Cuba
After just one day in office, new Minister of Foreign Affairs Holger K. Nielsen has been summoned to a parliamentary consultation to explain why he believes Cuba is ‘a paradise’. At the traditional…
MoreAnti-EU Holger is now a ’full-blooded’ European
Newly installed Foreign Minister Holger K. Nielsen now claims to be a ’full-blooded’ European, even though he was a staunch anti-EU campaigner in his communist past. On his first day at the Ministry…
MoreKinnock’s son, gay rumours and a flirty blonde Prime Minister
Prime Minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt’s behaviour at Nelson Mandella’s remembrance service continued to create a stir around the world, Thursday. The British Daily Mail highlighted the ‘very unusual Danish leader’ who dragged David Cameron…
MoreTorture acceptable for 1 in 4
20 per cent of the electorate believes that torture is acceptable ‘in certain cases’. A new Gallup poll for Berlingske also shows that 40 cent believe that it’s OK for Danish intelligence agencies…
MoreDONG acquires British project for DKK450m
State-owned DONG Energy has acquired a 100% ownership interest in the UK offshore wind development project Race Bank, for DKK450m. The Race Bank project has received all major consents from UK authorities, enabling…
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