PET destroyed files on left-wingers
Parties on both sides of the aisle are demanding an inquiry into why Danish Intelligence (PET) destroyed sensitive information about the political left, including a large file on former Danish Communist Party boss,…
MoreThe Queen should intervene say Red/Greens
The Danish People’s Party (DPP) has accused its far-left rival, the Red/Green Alliance, of being ‘out of touch with reality’ for demanding that Queen Margrethe intervenes in the controversy surrounding the Danish-Bahraini hunger…
MoreUS pushes for humanitarian solution
The USA has urged Bahrain to find a ‘humanitarian solution’ to the crisis surrounding the Danish hunger striker Abdulhadi al-Khawaja. A spokesman for the US State Department said the USA’s deputy secretary for…
MoreZero public growth warns SPP leader
Socialist People’s Party boss Villy Søvndal has called for zero public sector growth for the next decade. Ahead of next week’s SPP conference, Mr Søvndal has tried to firm up the party’s role…
MoreLeft-wingers reject zero growth scenario
The Red/Green Alliance has signalled potential major division on the left by rejecting Socialist People’s Party (SPP) boss Villy Søvndal’s suggestion to cap pubic sector spending for at least ten years. Red/Green spokesman…
MoreChristians threaten legal action against gay weddings law
The tiny Christian Democrat (CD) party has threatened the government with a lawsuit if a parliamentary majority – as expected – passes a bill allowing homosexuals to get married in church. According to…
MoreCopenhagen – or ‘Disney World Scandinavia’
After Danes once again came out tops in the UN’s survey of global happiness, Denmark receives further gushing praise in the British newspaper, The Guardian. In an article that portrays the capital as…
MoreCopenhagen stores under siege from shoplifters
Shop owners on the capital’s fashionable Strøget (walking street) are being forced to hire private security guards to deal with a massive increase in shoplifting. Over the past five years the amount of…
MoreDanes – the world’s happiest
In addition to Lego, bacon, and designer furniture, it appears Danes are adept at producing something else – endorphins. Danes have once again been rated the happiest people on earth by the latest…
MoreBalance of payments, exports, up
Denmark continues to enjoy impressive trade and balance of payments surpluses. The latest Statistics Denmark figures show a DKK8bn ($1.42bn) balance of payments surplus in February, DKK2.1bn more than the previous month, while…
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