Consumer confidence dips again
The Consumer Confidence index continues to hover below zero, dashing the government’s hopes of a spending spree to fuel growth. Although the February fall, to minus 0.5%, was expected after the January sales,…
MoreLA PASADA SEMANA: del 14 al 20 de febrero de 2011
POLITICA Gracias a la alta aceptación que el electorado está mostrando al partido “Liberal Alliance”, el gobierno y sus partidos de apoyo han mejorado su posición respecto a la oposición, la que sigue…
MoreThe Week That Was, February 14th – 20th, 2011
Politics The government and its support parties have narrowed the opposition’s lead, thanks to a surge in support for the tiny Liberal Alliance, but support for the Conservatives remains at rock-bottom, a new…
MoreDid Løkke help out?
Prime Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen is suspected of granting political favours instead of following established practice when as Minister of Health in 2006 he ignored the Danish Medicines Agency’s candidate for the much-coveted pharmacy appropriation…
MoreTrade union rejects 12 minute plan
LO, The Confederation of Danish Industries, has undermined the joint Social Democrat/Socialist People’s Party proposal for a longer working week to boost productivity and help the ailing economy. In Politiken, Sunday, LO Chairman…
MoreEverybody is a financial loss for the state
Even if people in this country work more, and the early retirement scheme is phased out, it still wouldn’t be enough to correct the imbalance in the economy, experts warn. Every single child…
MoreMore calls for referendum
Leading Liberals have urged the government to call a snap referendum on the contentious EU opt-outs before Denmark assumes the EU Presidency on January 1st next year. Eva Kjer Hansen, deputy chair of…
MoreNew Helmand plan
The government has laid out its plans for Denmark’s military mission in the Helmand province of Afghanistan in the countdown to a complete withdrawal of operational troops by the end of 2014. 30…
MoreState wins right to ‘free state’
Politicians are gearing up for a week of tough negotiations after Friday’s Supreme Court ruling that finally determined the Danish state’s ownership rights to the ‘free state’ of Christiania. Residents of Christiania will…
MoreLA knocks back investigation demand
The tiny Liberal Alliance has rescued Minister of Integration Birthe Rønn Hornbech from the prospect of an independent investigation into the homeless Palestinians affair. The opposition has demanded an investigation of what the…
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