Is it too expensive to shop in Denmark?
Consumers could be paying twice as much for groceries in Denmark than Sweden. The free ’24 Hours’ newspaper bought 32 of the most popular items in Bilka and the exact same products in…
MoreDevelopment Minister refuses to end assistance to Mali
Minister for Development Cooperation Christian Friis Bach (Social Liberals) is committed to fighting a controversial new family law in Mali, which allows females to be married at age 16 and males at age…
MoreSocial Democrats spied for USA
The Social Democrats set up their own trade union movement in Denmark after World War 2, the Arbejderbevægelsens Informations Central (AIC), specifically to supply the CIA with information about Danish communists. While newspapers…
MoreIran summons Danish ambassador
Iran’s foreign ministry has summoned the Danish ambassador, as the representative of the holder of the EU Presidency, to protest the EU’s oil embargo against the country. The EU imposed an immediate ban…
MorePrime Minister defends Tobin indecision
Prime Minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt has denied putting pressure on the Social Democrats’ youth wing, (DSU), to drop a highly critical ad campaign targeting her close Social Liberal ally, Margrethe Vestager. The DSU, alongside…
MoreTax Ministry writes off DKK37bn
The Tax Ministry has written off half of the DKK73bn debt owed by private citizens and companies in unpaid taxes, duties, parking fines, train fines, and child care fees. Minister for Taxation Thor…
MoreTobin Tax presents a problem
Denmark is ready to join the new euro fiscal pact, according to Minister for Economic Affairs Margrethe Vestager, but there are still serious concerns about the proposed tax on financial trading within the…
MoreDenmark’s new princess
Prince Joachim, Queen Margrethe’s second son, and his French-born wife, Princess Marie got what they wanted at 8.27 am today – a baby girl. The new-born princess, 10th in line to the Danish…
MoreMinister exaggerated progress in Afghanistan
Minister for Development Cooperation Christian Friis Bach has defended the Danish mission in Afghanistan strongly over the past few weeks, claiming there’s been ‘massive progress’, especially in life expectancy rates which have risen…
MoreUnder-performing Danish banks
Danish banks have been amongst the worst-performing in the EU during the financial crisis. A new analysis by weekly business letter A4, based on EU Commission figures, shows that Denmark has been granted…
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