The Week That Was, January 7th – January 13th 2019
Politics/Economy: A weighted average of all polls since the start of December showed the opposition has maintained its lead as the election approaches – the ‘red’ bloc is leading by 2-2.5% despite the…
MoreThe Week That Was, January 2nd – January 6th 2019
Politics/Economy: In his final New Year speech ahead of the general election Prime Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen warned that the ‘peaceful world we dreamt about’ after the fall of the Berlin Wall is…
MoreWhile you were away: A round up of the Christmas News 21-31.12 2018
Politics/Economy: The opposition remains on course for victory in the general election that will be held before June 2019 – Megafon’s final poll of 2018 showed 49.4% of the electorate would vote for…
MoreThe Week That Was, December 9th – December 15th 2018
Politics/Economy: The Social Democrats’ put forward a wide range of tax proposals aimed at ‘squeezing the rich’ if they, as expected, regain power at next year’s election. The government is determined to go…
MoreThe Week That Was, December 3rd – December 9th 2018
Politics/Economy: The UN joined the chorus of criticism against the government’s plan to relocate failed asylum seekers and criminal refugees to a deserted island. UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet said she has ‘serious concerns’…
MoreThe Week That Was, November 19th – November 25th 201
Politics/Economy: The centre-left ‘red’ bloc of parties has led the way throughout winter but as the election approaches a new Norstat survey for Jyllands-Posten indicated a dead heat – each side would win…
MoreThe Week That Was, November 12th – November 18th 2018
Politics/Economy: The government launched its new foreign affairs and security strategy under the banner: ‘How Denmark can navigate through a rapidly changing world’ – the main issues are: Rule-based international cooperation – Security…
MoreThe Week That Was, October 29th – November 4th 2018
Politics/Economy: Prime Minister Lars Lokke Rasmussen hit back at a White House report that claimed living standards in Nordic countries, including Denmark, are “at least 15 percent lower” than in the US –…
MoreThe Week That Was, October 22nd – 28th 201
Politics/Economy: Although the Danish People’s Party (DPP) and Social Democrats (S) have moved closer together on a number of issues over the past couple of years, new figures showed the main opposition party…
MoreThe Week That Was, October 15th–21st 2018
Politics/Economy: Prime Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen said reports of gigantic tax fraud throughout Europe are a good reason for Denmark to join the EU banking union – treasury documents obtained by DR News…
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