The efterløn (early retirement) debate goes on, and on, and… In a radio interview this morning, Social Democrat leader Helle Thorning-Schmidt promised ‘positive changes’ in the scheme if a centre-left coalition wins power…

The financial crisis hasn’t been completely negative for the national budget. The two aid bail-outs for struggling banks, Bank Packages 1+2, have provided a DKK11bn windfall in interest for the state according to…

Editor’s blog, 5.1.11 If you’ve just arrived back in Denmark from a trip abroad for Christmas the one issue dominating the headlines could appear somewhat trivial. Floods in Australia, earthquake in Chile, bombs…

A new report by Dutch Intelligence, AIVD, claims that that the Kurdish rebel group, PKK, directly funds Kurdish media abroad, such as ROJ TV in Denmark. The Copenhagen-based channel, one of the biggest…

ROJ TV has threatened to sue the Danish authorities for unlawfully freezing its accounts. The Copenhagen-based Kurdish TV channel’s bank account was blocked last year after it was accused of promoting terrorist activities…

78% of the electorate believe it’s either ‘probable’ or ‘highly probable’ that Denmark will soon suffer a terrorist strike carried out by Islamic fundamentalist groups, a new Gallup poll shows. At the same…

Nearly half of all Liberal Alliance (LA) voters in a new Gallup poll say they would be more inclined to vote for the ruling Liberal Party after the Prime Minister announced his intention…

After persuading the Liberals to phase out the early retirement scheme, the Conservatives have now called for income tax and corporation tax to be reduced. Party leader Lene Espersen said yesterday that nobody…

Only 5 per cent of the public is willing to work more every week, a new survey shows. Nine per cent would like to work less and 86 per cent are satisfied with…

Prime Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen’s assault on the early-retirement scheme appears to have given him a much-needed political shot in the arm. A new Gallup poll shows that a majority now see the…