Ukraine football boycott ‘pure hypocrisy’
The Liberals and Conservatives have been accused of hypocrisy for calling for a political boycott of this summer’s Euro Football Championship, even though as the government coalition in 2008 they ignored human rights…
MoreHunger striker wins appeal
Danish-Bahraini activist Abdulhadi al-Khawaja, now entering the 12th week of his hunger strike, has been granted the right to appeal against his life sentence for allegedly leading an insurgency against the regime in…
MoreMoves to drop public holiday
This Friday, the 4th of May, is a public holiday – ’Store Bededag’, literally translated as ’Great Prayer Day’ – but it could be the last. Politicians have suggested that the one-day break,…
MoreMore losses ahead for Vestas
Analysts expect further heavy losses for Vestas when the Danish wind-energy giant publishes Q1 figures, Wednesday. Sydbank analyst Jacob Pedersen predicted a bottom line of minus €81m, despite an increase in turnover. “We…
MoreHousing prices continue to slide
The housing market is still on a downward slope – good news for buyers but bad for sellers. The latest Statistics Denmark figures show that on a national level, house prices fell by…
More7.59 -Danish News Today – The Week That Was, April 23rd – April 29th, 2012
Politics / Economy The centre-right opposition would win 53.6 per cent of the vote if an election was held today and regain power with a comfortable margin, a new Megafon poll for Politiken…
MoreLA PASADA SEMANA: Resumen de Noticias del 23 al 29 de abril de 2012
POLITICA/ECONOMIA Según una encuesta hecha por Megafon para el diario “Politiken”, la oposición (centro/derecha), obtendría el 53.6% de los votos si se realizaran nuevas eleccciones, por lo que recuperaría el poder con un…
MoreGovernment ‘too right-wing’ says far-left
The government is pursuing a more right-wing policy than most Conservative-led governments in Europe, according to the far-left Red/Green Alliance, the coalition’s guarantor of a parliamentary majority, who have accused the Social Democrats…
MoreDanish shippers transport arms for repressive regimes
Amnesty International Denmark has urged Danish shipping companies to stop carrying dangerous weapons for repressive Middle East regimes. The human rights organisation revealed last December how the Marianne Danica, owned by the H.Folmer…
MoreDeficit gap less than believed
The massive public sector deficit is significantly less than believed. A new estimate from the government’s ‘convergence programme’ to be released today will project a deficit of DKK75bn in 2012, DKK26bn less than…
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