Left-wing threat is real
The Red/Green Alliance’s hard-line left wing would definitely be willing to topple the government if it keeps veering to the right, political editor Jesper Termansen of Radio 24/7 warned in response to the…
MoreNovo no.1 in Nordic region, Greek shares back in business
With a stock market value of DKK490bn, insulin giant Novo Nordisk has bypassed Statoil as the most valuable company in the Nordic region. Danish shares have enjoyed a Spring boost from the release…
MoreRomanian ‘pimps’ nabbed
Two Romanian nationals, both aged 23, have been charged with sex trafficking and living off the ‘improper’ earnings of two female prostitutes. Policed swooped, Monday, after being contacted by the two women, aged…
More‘Danish’ hunger striker facing death
Amnesty International has called on the Bahraini authorities to release the Danish-Bahrain national Abdulhadi al-Khawaja from prison, expressing concern that he might not live to hear his appeal trial later this month. Stinne…
MoreLeft-wing threat to government
The Red/Green Alliance, the government’s guarantor of a parliamentary majority, has threatened to veto the finance bill later this year if the government pushes through social benefits reform with the help of the…
MorePublic sector debt grows, and grows, and…
Public sector debt continues to rise at a fast rate. New Statistics Denmark figures show that the state and local authorities owed a total of DKK831bn at the end of 2011 – DKK148,900…
MoreNATO has nothing to hide says Fogh
NATO has nothing to hide concerning the 63 Libyans who died on a boat trying to escape last year, Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen said at his monthly press conference, Monday. According to…
MoreBankruptcies down but the problems remain
The number of Danish companies being forced to file for bankruptcy has fallen slightly but is still significantly higher than before the crisis gripped the economy. A new business analysis by Experian shows…
MoreBishops want to ease links to state
A group of leading bishops, led by Professor in Theology Svend Andersen of Aarhus University, has suggested that the Danish national church should have its own constitution so it can speak with ‘one…
More‘Climate Connie’ criticises coalition
Denmark’s EU Climate Commissioner Connie Hedegaard has criticised the Danish government for attempting to cut the EU’s DKK300bn budget for infrastructure – transport, energy, and IT. The Commissioner said that while she acknowledged…
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