Pressure on Løkke to quit increases
Liberal MEP Jens Rohde has urged party leader Lars Løkke Rasmussen to step down ‘for the sake of the party’. Mr Rohde is the highest profile member to join the growing call for…
MoreLøkke quotes Kipling: ‘Hold on’
Despite increasing pressure from all sides, Lars Løkke Rasmussen appears to have no intention of quitting before Tuesday’s decisive meeting of the party’s Executive Committee. The struggling Liberal leader has declined to comment…
MoreNew poll: Liberals sink to 5-year low
The Liberals have sunk to their lowest level of support for 5 years. A new Voxmeter poll for news agency Ritzau shows that just 21.2% would vote for the leading opposition party if…
MorePoliticians demand new probe into arms smuggling affair
Politicians on both sides of the aisle are demanding renewed investigation of arms smuggler Niels Holck. The Danish High Court’s refusal to allow Mr Holck , also known as Kim Davey, to be extradited…
MorePeaceful Bilderberg meeting
The highly secretive Bilderberg group’s annual meeting at the Marriot Hotel in Central Copenhagen over the weekend passed without incident. Since its inception in 1954, the high calibre guest list, as well as…
MoreRefugee kids placed in high-crime communities
Children of refugees have a far greater chance of becoming criminals if they are placed in a community where youth criminality is traditionally high. A new study of 4,425 children under the age…
MoreBancruptcies down again
The number of businesses going bust continues to fall, a further sign that the economy is recovering. A new report by credit rating agency Bisnode shows that 322 firms or companies filed for…
MoreNovo launch in Germany
Novo Nordisk, Denmark’s biggest pharmaceutical company and the world’s biggest insulin producer, has decided to launch its diabetes drug Tresiba in Germany on May 1 after seeing signs of a more favourable pricing…
MoreThe Week That Was, May 26th – June 1st 2014
Politics/Economy Troubled Liberal leader Lars Løkke Rasmussen came under increasing pressure to step down in the wake of the party’s disastrous EU election – some analysts predicted that Mr Rasmussen’s expenses problems, coupled…
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