Soft policy to blame for immigration surge says DPP
The Danish People’s Party (DPP) has blamed record-high immigration figures on the government’s ‘soft’ policy. New Statistics Denmark figures show that 53,429 migrants have arrived her over the past year and, according to…
MoreCall for change in legislation as 7-year-old is deported
The Liberals are ready to challenge legislation that forces successfully-integrated immigrants to return home to their native country. Nearly 7,000 people have so far protested against the deportation of seven-year-old Im and her…
MoreRed/Greens heading for election success but setback for SPP
The far-left Red/Green Alliance is on course for major gains in next week’s local elections while the Socialist People’s Party (SPP), the former darling of the left-wing, are heading for disaster. A new…
MoreTask force against tax shelters
The government is to spend DKK40m on a ’tax-busters’ task force targeting wealthy Danes who stash undeclared income in foreign tax shelters. In response to a recent undercover TV documentary showing bank employees…
MoreDanish no to EU budget
When the Lithuanian EU Presidency announced agreement on the union’s 2014 budget, early Tuesday morning, it was without Denmark’s help. The proposed €135.5 bn budget is expected to be formally approved within 14…
MoreGreenpeace activist moved ahead of trial
Danish Greenpeace environment campaigner, Anne Mie Roer Jensen, alongside 29 fellow activists, was moved from the northern city of Murmansk on Monday to a pre-trial detention centre in St. Petersburg, Tuesday, where she…
MoreMore disaster aid for Phillipines
The Danish government has granted a further DKK20m in disaster aid to the Philippines, in addition to the DKK10m it gave on Sunday. Development Aid Minister Christian Friis Bach said the catastrophe has…
MoreDONG could be hit by German wind-energy slowdown
State-owned energy company DONG is refusing to panic over German Chancellor Angela Merkel and the SPD’s plan to slow the expansion of land and sea-based wind power to cut the cost of the…
MoreCarlsberg hit by Russian legislation
Brewing giant Carlsberg is confident it can maintain significant earnings in the lucrative Russian market despite being forced to downwardly adjust its year-end expectations after a 9% drop in sales in Q3, and…
MoreNew poll: Government and opposition in dead heat
The three government coalition parties and the Red/Green Alliance are now running neck and neck with the opposition after a dramatic voter shift over the weekend. The latest Voxmeter poll for news agency…
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