There’ll be no punitive tax on big earners under the new government. Social Liberal leader Margrethe Vestager flexed her power-broker muscles again today by dismissing the Socialist People’s Party’s (SPP) efforts to resuscitate…

New consumer confidence figures showing a drastic fall, from -3.6 to -6.6, have set the alarm bells ringing at Danish banks who warn that unless consumer spending increases dramatically, Denmark is heading for…

Denmark has contributed an extra DKK20m to victims of the drought in Afghanistan and floods in Pakistan. It’s estimated that between five and nine million people are directly affected by the flooding in…

Minister of Foreign Affairs Villy Søvndal took Amnesty International’s advice yesterday (http://seven59.dk/amnesty-urges-søvndal-to-talk-tough-to-chinese) by criticising China’s human rights record. During an extended meeting with Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi in Copenhagen, he accused the…

China watchers have expressed concern that criticism of the country’s human rights was the cause of Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi’s absence at yesterdays joint press conference. Although Minister of Foreign Affairs Villy…

If the general election was re-run today there’s no doubt that Lars Løkke Rasmussen would be given the keys to the Prime Minister’s office. Berlingske Barometer’s ‘poll of polls’ – the average of…

The Socialist People’s Party (SPP) continues to dream of a millionaire tax. Although the Social Democrat/SPP alliance was forced to drop its plan for a punitive tax on high earners by the Social…

Cracks continue to appear in the government coalition. Prominent figures in the Social Democrats’ and Socialist People’s Party’s support base have urged Prime Minister Helle Thorning- Schmidt to to fight for a pure ‘red’ S/SPP…

DONG won’t be privatised under the current government. Plans to offer an Initial Public Offering (IPO) of shares on the stock exchange have been dropped after opposition from the Social Liberals. Although the…

11 people were arrested last night when police cleared Copenhagen Town Hall Square of the last of the protesters in the Danish response to the U.S. anti-corporate greed demonstration, ‘Occupy Wall Street’. A…