Posted on 07. Mar, 2011 in: News

Greenland demands rendition flights inquiry

All parties in Greenland’s parliament have urged the Danish government to launch an independent inquiry into whether the CIA transported suspected terrorists through Danish, Greenlandic and Faroese air space, the so-called rendition flights….

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Posted on 07. Mar, 2011 in: News

Stateless affair divides opposition

The stateless Palestinians affair is dividing the opposition. The Social Liberals spokesperson on integration, Marianne Jelved, claimed over the weekend that the Social Democrats and Socialist People’s Party (SPP) have to accept some…

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Posted on 07. Mar, 2011 in: News

Union members lean right too

Although LO, The Confederation of Danish Trade Unions, has always traditionally had close ties to the Social Democrats and the left-wing, a new Gallup poll shows that 41% of its members actually vote…

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Posted on 06. Mar, 2011 in: News

Where’s the research?

Head of the Copenhagen Consensus Centre (CCC) Bjørn Lomborg claims to be ‘completely surprised’ by claims that his environmental research institute isn’t providing value for the DKK5m it receives in state funding every…

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Posted on 06. Mar, 2011 in: News

Poll provides bad news for Løkke

A new opinion poll gives the opposition 100 seats, against the government and its support parties’ 75, and sends a strong signal that Prime Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen won’t be calling an election…

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Posted on 06. Mar, 2011 in: News

Disposable income takes a hit

Private spending will be hard hit in this country if the European Central Bank raises its prime lending rate in April, as suggested. With the price of petrol and food already at record…

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Posted on 04. Mar, 2011 in: News

Warship to stay

The Danish warship Esbern Snare is to remain on duty in the coastal waters of Somalia to monitor the situation surrounding the Danish family captured by pirates. Although Minister of Defence Gitte Lillelund…

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Posted on 04. Mar, 2011 in: News

LA calls for joint front

The Liberal Alliance (LA) is ready to bury the hatchet and form a joint front with the Liberals and Conservatives in this year’s election. After having constantly criticised the government for failing to…

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Posted on 04. Mar, 2011 in: News

Danish economy at risk

The Danish economy is extremely vulnerable and neither phasing out early retirement nor extending the working week by an hour, as suggested by opposing political parties, will be enough to stop the downward…

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Posted on 04. Mar, 2011 in: News

We need armed guards say shipowners

 The Danish Shipowners Association (DSA) has repeated its call for armed guards on ships after another hi-jacking attempt. Somali pirates attempted to seize the Danish-owned freight ship Brattingbort early Thursday morning but were…

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