Pact in line with kick-start policy says Finance Minister
The restrictions placed on Denmark in the new EU fiscal compact won’t prevent the government from repeating its kick-start of the economy in years to come, according to Minister of Finance Bjarne Corydon…
MorePact threatens sovereignty says DPP
Minister for Europe Nijolaj Wammen has dismissed Danish People’s Party (DPP) claims that the fiscal compact passed last night is a threat to Danish sovereignty and therefore should be decided by a national…
MoreNew report: Terrorist threat will continue
Jyllands Posten and illustrators linked to the Mohammed caricatures will continue to be targeted by militant Islamists. A new assessment by the Centre for Terror Analysis, commissioned by Danish Intelligence (PET), states the…
MoreEU fiscal compact: Very welcome, but no miracle cure
The new EU fiscal compact will reduce the risk of a new economic downturn but it’s no miracle cure. That was the immediate reaction of leading Danish banks after Denmark agreed to sign…
MoreRed Cross thrown out of Somalia
The Islamic militant organisation al-Shabaab has thrown the Red Cross out of Somalia, putting hundreds of thousands of people at risk of dying through hunger. Danish Secretary General Anders Ladekarl said last night:…
MoreDenmark signs up to fiscal compact
25 out of 27 EU countries, including Denmark, have agreed to sign up to the ‘fiscal compact’ in March, a new treaty designed to stop overspending in the eurozone and put an end…
MoreFinance Minister: An important step in the right direction
Both government and opposition parties have welcomed the euro fiscal compact as an important step towards towards improving Europe’s economy. After 25 countries finally reached agreement last night, Minister of Finance Bjarne Corydon…
MoreJail for terrorists in Jyllands Posten bomb plot
Two men accused of plotting to attack Jyllands-Posten, publisher of the original Mohammed cartoons that sparked off riots throughout the Middle East in 2005/6, have been found guilty of terrorism by an Oslo…
MoreDanish activist on hunger strike
A Danish rights activist jailed in Bahrain has gone on hunger strike in protest against the despotic regime. Abdul Al-Khawaji, who claimed citizenship in Denmark in the 1990’s after being granted political asylum…
MoreReform savings shouldn’t be wasted on welfare say Liberals.
The Liberals will fight any move by the government to spend money saved from cutbacks in social benefits on extra welfare. The party’s policy spokesman Ellen Trane Nørby said the government would be…
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