It’s perfectly acceptable for political advisers to see the same confidential information as ministers, declared former Prime Minister, Lars Løkke Rasmussen in the latest episode of the ongoing scandal surrounding Helle Thorning-Schmidt’s and…

Senior economist, Hans Jørgen Whitta-Jacobsen, has put forward the most gloomy prognosis for the hard-pressed Danish economy yet seen. Revising downwards the estimates of the Economic Council’s last half-yearly report, he spelt out…

Danish industrial company Danfoss has been slapped with a record DKK600-700m fine by the EU Commission for being part of a global cartel that sustained an artificially high price for compressors. The company…

The butter shortage afflicting Norway currently will not be solved with extra supplies from this country. That was the near-unanimous response of dairies contacted by tabloid newspaper, BT. The dairies cited the lack of any…

There’s nothing wrong with the rules for political advisors according to Prime Minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt – they just have to obeyed. At her weekly press conference, Tuesday, the PM was repeatedly questioned about…

What should have been a ‘clear the air’ press conference, ended in a sweating, distraught Lars Løkke Rasmussen dodging questions and snarling at media representatives yesterday. The Liberal leader had agreed to answer…

At an Athens press conference alongside his Danish counterpart, Monday, Greece’s Prime Minister Lucas Papademos said Denmark could be asked to make decisive decisions on behalf of the whole union when the country…

Global credit ratings agency Standard & Poors (S&P) decision to place15 euro nations on review for possible downgrade shouldn’t have any major consequences for the Danish economy, according to Professor Jesper Rangvid of…

The Taxgate affair crept closer to former Prime Minster Lars Løkke Rasmussen last night when one of his closest advisors, Mikael Børsting, admitted to keeping close contact last year with controversial ‘spin doctor’ Peter…

Ex-Prime Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen came under heavy pressure when questioned about the burgeoning scandal surrounding the leak of confidential tax details to the media, Monday.  At a hastily arranged press-conference, the Liberal leader found…