Property tax high on the agenda
The Socialist People’s Party’s Ole Sohn has been accused of lying about property tax. Although Mr Sohn, touted as a future Business Minister in a left-wing cabinet, has on numerous occasions guaranteed that…
MoreLego steams ahead
Lego continues to grab a greater share of the global toy market, despite the crisis. The Danish toy giant expects record-high earnings and a market share of 5.5% when it publishes its latest…
MoreNews in brief
Slight drop in unemployment / Left will crack down on sex industry / Execution drugs / Shots fired in Amager / Politiken editor dies 200 people may have found work in December but…
MoreEgypt: The new Berlin Wall
Naser Khader has compared what’s happening in the Middle East to the meltdown of the Soviet Union in the 1980’s that led to the fall of the Berlin Wall. The Conservatives’ Syrian-born foreign…
More‘Climate sceptic’ gets DKK138m in green money
By 2014, ‘Sceptical Environmentalist’ Bjørn Lomborg, will have received over DKK138mn in public funding for environment research. Mr Lomborg was installed as head of the newly formed Institute for Environmental Evaluation in 2002…
MorePia vs. Villy
The two polar opposites in Danish politics, Danish People’s Party leader Pia Kjærsgaard and Socialist People’s party boss Villy Søvndal, are to go head to head in a TV debate next Thursday. Well-known…
MoreMinistry regrets political message
The Ministry of Social Affairs has been forced to apologise for politicising on its website. A newsletter published earlier this week, containing claims that the left’s policies would have a detrimental effect on…
MoreSend asylum seekers back says DPP
Asylum seekers who are granted asylum status by the Danish authorities should still be sent back to Greece if that was their first EU destination, according to the Danish People’s Party (DPP) who…
MoreKjær was victim of discrimination says gender expert
Conservative policy spokesperson Henriette Kjær’s downfall was a direct result of gender discrimination according to researcher Karen Sjørup of Roskilde University who said the press loves nothing more than putting young, good looking,…
MoreTax bosses on safari
Five top tax officials enjoyed an all-expenses paid golf and safari weekend in South Africa paid for by their department’s IT supplier, Accenture. Jyllands Posten has been granted right of access to documents…
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