The Week That Was, November 18th – November 24th,2013
Politics/Economy Development Aid Minister Christian Friis Bach dramtically resigned, Thursday, after acknowledging that he misled parliament over the Lars Løkke Rasmussen travel expense scandal. He was replaced by the Social Liberals’ Rasmus Helveg…
MoreThe Week That Was, November 11th – November 17th,2013
Politics/Economy A new poll showed the government alliance is now running neck and neck with the opposition after a voter shift in the wake of the Lars Løkke Rasmussen travel expenses controversy. For…
MoreThe Week That Was, November 4th – November 10th, 2013
Politics/Economy Opposition leader Lars Løkke Rasmussen’s approval ratings have fallen dramatically in the wake of the Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI) scandal. According to a new survey, half of the electorate believe he’s…
MoreThe Week That Was, October 28th – November 3rd,2013
Politics/Economy A new leak from US whistleblower Edward Snowden revealed Denmark is one of 19 countries that has ‘Focused Cooperation’ with the US intelligence agency NSA. Prime Minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt said the constant…
MoreThe Week That Was, October 20th – October 27th, 2013
Politics/Economy Opposition leader Lars Løkke Rasmusen started the week by apologising for his excessive travel expenditure as chairman of the Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI). The national press generally agreed that the former…
MoreThe Week That Was, October 14th – October 20th, 2013
Politics/Economy Under-fire opposition leader Lars Løkke Rasmussen bowed to pressure and agreed to release details of the DKK1m he spent on first-class air tickets and five-star hotels travelling the world as chairman of…
MoreThe Week That Was, October 7th – October 13th, 2013
Politics/Economy A new poll showed the opposition would win 56.4% of the vote if an election was held today (96 seats) against the coalition and Red/Greens’ 44.8 % (79 seats). The Liberals warned…
MoreThe Week That Was, September 30th – October 5th, 2013
Politics/Economy At the state opening of parliament, Prime Minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt made a direct appeal to the 200,000 centre-left voters who’ve deserted the government since the 2011 election. She also claimed that Denmark…
MoreThe Week That Was, September 24th – 29th, 2013
Politics/Economy A new Megafon poll showed the government alliance would suffer a 56/44 per cent loss if an election was held today. The ruling Social Democrats continue to struggle and have now lost…
MoreLA PASADA SEMANA: Resumen de Noticias del 16 al 22 de septiembre de 2013
POLITICA/ECONOMIA Una encuesta de Megafon mostró que el gobierno formado por: los Socialdemócratas, el Partido Socialista Popular (SF), y el partido Socialista Radical (De Radikale), ha perdido, en conjunto, el 12.2% de votantes,…
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