Financial Times: TORM rescue plan collapses
Troubled Danish shipper TORM has declined to comment on media reports that negotiations with two major investor groups have collapsed. Torm announced last week that unnamed investors have submitted specific, conditional proposals to…
MoreSøvndal fights back
Socialist People’s Party (SPP) leader Villy Søvndal has vowed to lead the party into the next election despite intense criticism and approval ratings that have sunk to disastrous levels. In a new Megafon…
MoreConsumer spending down again
Consumer spending fell has fallen for the fourth consecutive month. New Statistics Denmark figures show a 0.1 per cent drop in February, despite increased sales of clothing, footwear, and food. Household spending has…
MoreLA PASADA SEMANA: Resumen de Noticias del 26 de marzo al 1 de abril de 2012
POLITICA/ECONOMIA Según la última encuesta hecha por Megafon, la Alianza Roji-Verde (Enhedslisten), tendría a su favor 88,000 nuevos votantes si se realizaran nuevas elecciones, un récord de 9.2% del total del electorado, mientras…
MoreThe Week That Was, March 26th – April 1st, 2012
Politics / Economy The far-left Red/Green Alliance would gain a potential 88,000 new voters if an election was held right now, according to a new Megafon poll that gave the far-left party a…
MorePrime Minister’s approval ratings drop
Prime Minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt’s approval ratings continue to plummet. In a Gallup poll of which ministers are performing best, the Prime Minister is next to last, just ahead of Foreign Minister Villy Søvndal,…
MoreSøvndal: ‘I’m not out of the country that much’
Villy Søvndal has dismissed claims that he can’t be fully committed to his role as Socialist People’s Party leader whilst he’s travelling the globe as Minister of Foreign Affairs. In response to critics…
MoreSPP division signals leadership battle
The heated internal debate within the Socialist People’s Party (SPP) about party policy is also the forerunner of a leadership battle within the near future, leading commentators claim. Professor Kurt Jacobsen of Copenhagen…
MoreArrests at fascist demo
83 people were arrested in Aarhus, Saturday, after violent clashes between fascists attending a Danish Defence League rally against the ‘Islamification of Europe’ and groups of anti-facists and immigrants. The majority have been…
MoreDanish-Moroccan charged with terrorism
A 37-year-old Danish-Moroccan national has been jailed in Morocco since the 3rd of February, charged with terrorist activities. According to Politiken, the man, Thami Najim, is a leading figure in Islamic circles in…
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