SPP questions government’s green ambitions
The Socialist People’s Party (SPP) has attacked its former coalition partners for abandoning the ‘green profile’ laid out in the government’s 2011 political programme. The party’s finance spokesman, Jonas Dahl, accused his former…
MoreGovernment bows to EU ruling
The government has been forced to back down on a move to ban the use of four dangerous phthalates after the EU Commission ruled it would violate EU rules. When minister for the…
MoreCannabis is a local problem say Conservatives
The Conservatives have vowed to resist any political moves to ease the crackdown on drug dealers in Christiania. Since 80 alleged pushers and dealers in the ‘free state’ were arrested in March, cannabis…
MoreAsylum for Snowden? 43% say no
US whistleblower Edward Snowden’s revelations may have set off a much-needed surveillance debate in this country but the public is divided as to whether he should be offered asylum here when his asylum…
MoreNSA whistleblower confirms surveillance collaboration with US
A former highly placed intelligence official with the United States National Security Agency (NSA) has confirmed that Denmark has worked closely with the USA on mass surveillance for years. William Binney, who turned whistleblower and resigned…
MoreForeign criminals deported
Two Romanian nationals were sentenced to three month in jail, with deportation to follow, by Lyngby District Court, Tuesday, after being found guilty of 27 break-ins. The two men are allegedly part of…
MoreDanish shares amongst world elite
The booming Danish stock market is outstripping rivals throughout the world – the collective value of shares has already risen by DKK350bn already this year, an 18% increase surpassed only by smaller, less…
MoreBjørn Lomborg: Fracking has succeeded where Kyotpo failed
Controversial Danish environmentalist Bjørn Lomborg, author of The Skeptical Environmentalist, a controversial book whose main thesis is that many of the most-publicised claims and predictions on environmental issues are wrong, claims in an…
MoreBritish media; Thorning falls behind in EU race
Prime Minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt’s hopes of becoming President of the European Council appear very slim at the moment, at least according to the British Financial Times EU correspondent Peter Spiegel who disparaged her…
MoreThorning: Anti-EU mood is ‘nothing new’
Prime Minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt said yesterday there’s ‘nothing revolutionary’ in the fact that up to 30% of the electorate are against the EU. She said even though the anti-EU Danish People’s Party (DPP)…
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