Denmark a ’warrior nation’ says former foreign minister
Denmark has become a warrior nation that puts defence spending before welfare, according to former foreign minister, and Socialist People’s Party leader, Holger K. Nielsen, who says it’s time to put a stop…
MoreIrish warning to Danish unions: Ryanair will break you
Irish and British trade union leaders have warned Danish unions they’re facing an uphill, and costly, battle if they try to force budget airline Ryanair to accept Danish labour wages and conditions when the…
MoreNew Gallup poll: Good news for Social Democrats but no change in power struggle
A new Gallup poll provides encouraging news for Prime Minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt but signals no change in the power struggle between the opposing blocs. If an election was held today, 24.2 per cent…
MoreSocialists attack partner’s DPP s strategy
Socialist People’s Party (SPP) leader Pia Olsen Dyhr has signalled further disagreement within the government coalition by dismissing the Social Democrats’ attacks on the Danish People’s Party (DPP) as ‘stupid’. The Social Democrats…
MoreVoters want more border security
A majority of the electorate wants to see much stricter control of Denmark’s borders. A new Epinion poll for TV2 shows that 61 per cent of voters want permanent security controls re-introduced, a…
MoreTax authority ignored Danish funds in Switzerland
Documents obtained from French tax authorities show 329 Danish nationals holding a total of DKK 4.8 billion in HSBC bank accounts in Switzerland. This information was initially leaked four years ago but has…
MoreDPP wants to shut down Refugee Appeal Board
The Danish People’s Party (DPP) has called for the Refugee Appeal Board to be shut down. The board handles all appeals from all refugees denied residency, but according to the DPP’s immigration spokesman,…
MoreNo minimum wage increase for public employees
Collective bargaining talks between Finance Minister Bjarne Corydon (S) and Local Government Denmark (LGDK) resulted in no increase in the minimum wage increase of DKK 19,500 per month, but better pensions for those at…
More10 Danes killed in Syria and Iraq last year
37 Danish nationals left the country to become foreign fighters in Syria or Iraq last year, according to the latest figures provided to parliament’s Legal Affairs Committee by Danish Intelligence (PET). The agency declined to specify which…
MoreThe Week That Was, February 2nd – February 8th, 2015
Politics/Economy Former tax minister Troels Lund Poulsen was given a formal reprimand for his role in the Taxgate affair by parliament’s Committee on Rules of Procedure (Udvalget for Forretningsorden). A new poll showed…
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