Crisis hits car sales
Private car sales dropped by 6% between May and July as consumers kept a tight rein on spending. Encouraging sales in 2009, 2010, and the start of 2011, have now been hit by…
MoreMinister warns USA of red threat
Defence Minister Gitte Lillelund Bech signalled the start of the Danish election campaign during a visit to Washington DC, Wednesday, when she sounded the alarm about the ‘red threat’ facing Denmark. The minister…
MoreDefence Minister is ‘talking nonsense’ say Social Democrats
The Social Democrats have accused Minister of Defence Gitte Lillelund Bech of ‘talking nonsense’ after her Washington DC warning that a left-wing government in Denmark would seriously compromise Denmark’s close relationship with the…
MoreLøkke: Now isn’t the time
The electorate is going to have to wait a while yet before Prime Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen calls an election, which in accordance with the Constitution has to be held by November at…
MoreDanish People’s Party: Løkke isn’t the Messiah
The Danish People’s Party’s Jesper Langballe said it’s ‘stupid’ of Prime Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen to write off his party even before the first vote has been cast. After the PM dismissed the…
MoreBet on Helle as PM – and Villy to become Foreign Minister
Betting professionals are in no doubt as to the outcome of the upcoming election – the Social Democrats and Socialist People’s Party (SPP) will seize power with a convincing majority. According to the…
MoreLykketoft becomes tourist guide in Burma
Leading Social Democrat Mogens Lykketoft has come under fire for agreeing to head a tourist trip to Burma. Travel agency Horisont Rejser is advertising a 19-day trip to the dictator state, for DKK…
MoreStock market ups and downs
It was up and down for two of Copenhagen Stock Exchange’s most popular names, Wednesday, Although the trend-setting C20 index fell by 0.82%, to 370, wind energy giant Vestas, buoyed by two recent…
MoreTear gas in Christiania
Police officers patrolling the ‘free state’ of Christiania were forced to respond with tear-gas yesterday after coming under attack from stone-throwing youths whilst arresting a drug dealer. The confrontation later spilled out on…
MoreLiberals demand EU help in India dispute
The Liberals want the EU to threaten India with a freeze on the free trade agreement the two sides have been negotiating since 2007, in retaliation for the Indian boycott on bilateral trade…
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