DPP expresses doubts about hunger striker
The Danish People’s Party’s (DPP) foreign affairs spokesman Søren Espersen has expressed dismay at the Danish government’s willingness to heighten the diplomatic stakes to win the release of hunger striker Abdulhadi al-Khawaja. Mr…
MoreLiberals demand zero public sector growth
The Liberals have repeated the call for zero public-sector growth. The former ruling party has previously maintained that growth should be kept under 0.8 per cent until 2020 but has lowered the figure…
MoreBusiness leaders doubt government’s job plan
Six out of ten top executives don’t believe the government will be able to live up to its promise to create 20,000 new jobs during upcoming labour market negotiations, a new Greens survey…
MoreMore retail investment
The retail sector has increased its level of investment, a positive sign for private consumption according to Bruno Christensen, head of consultancy company Detailhandlens Promotion, who said leading chains and major retail players…
MoreSqueeze the rich
53 per cent of the electorate believe the wealthy should contribute more to solve society’s problems, according to a new survey by political newsletter A4 which also shows that one out of three…
MoreBBC praise for green Copenhagen
After the gushing endorsement of Copenhagen in the British Guardian, the BBC has now jumped on the ‘everything’s wonderful in Denmark’ bandwagon by lavishly praising the capital’s green profile. According to the network’s…
MoreSellers scared off by stagnant property market
Many homeowners have given up hope of selling their property. Although the number of properties on offer has fallen to 8,750 since last summer, the figure covers over the fact that only half…
MorePM’s press conference: Bahrain, ministers’ salaries
Prime Minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt has personally intervened in the controversy surrounding Danish –Bahraini hunger striker Abdulhadi al-Khawaja. At her weekly press conference, Tuesday, the Danish PM said she had personally written to Bahrain’s…
MoreResearcher close to revealing ‘top-level spy’
Cold War researcher Thomas Wegener Friis has identified a Danish citizen who’s allegedly behind some of the most subversive activities and espionage in modern times. After trawling through thousands of confidential documents, Mr…
MoreName the spy says opposition
Opposition parties have called on Cold War researcher Thomas Wegener Friis to reveal the name of the top-level spy he claims to have unearthed. The Conservatives justice spokesman Tom Behkke said the ‘mole’,…
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