Credit agencies downgrade Danish banks
Leading credit rating agency Moodys’ has downgraded a number of Danish banks, including Danske Bank, Sydbank, and the Jyske Bank. This follows Standard& Poors decision to downgrade the Danske Bank, Wednesday. According to…
MoreTax proposal is another breach of promise
6 out of 10 voters in a new Gallup poll believe the government’s proposal to lower the deductible on mortgages to 25 per cent, part of tax reform, is yet another breach of…
MoreTerror suspects ‘guilty beyond a doubt’ says prosecution
As the terrorist trial against the four Swedish nationals accused of planning an attack on Jyllands-Posten, publisher of the Mohammed cartoons, enters its final phase, Public Prosecutor Gyrithe Ulrich said the evidence presented…
MoreEU’s recommendations
The government’s tax reform proposals are positive, but insufficient – that’s the verdict of the EU Commission as it released its ‘country specific’ recommendations to eurozone and non eurozone countries, Wednesday, on how…
More25-40 prospective terrorists linked to Denmark
The two brothers who were arrested, Monday, on suspicion of planning a terrorist act aren’t the only Somali immigrants linked to the powerful terrorist organisation al-Shabaab. Head of Danish Intelligence (PET), Jacob Scharf,…
MoreThrow trainee terrorists out of Denmark says DPP
PET’s (Danish Intelligence) claim that between 25 and 40 Somalis linked to Denmark have been given terrorist training at an al-Shabaab camp in their own country has set the alarm bells ringing within…
MoreMajority of voters support tax reform
A majority of voters support the government’s proposed tax reform. A snap Gallup poll taken after the coalition presented its long-awaited proposals, Tuesday, shows 52 per cent are positive about the new initiatives,…
MoreLower taxes won’t lead to more work
Despite the apparent enthusiasm for the government’s tax reform, reflected in a new Gallup poll (above), one in three votes say it won’t encourage then to work more. Although the government has expressed…
MoreSocialist threat to tax reform
The Red/Green Alliance, the government’s guarantor of a parliamentary majority, has threatened to torpedo next year’s budget if the coalition passes its tax reform bill with the help of the opposition. Johanne Schmidt-Nielsen,…
MoreHousing prices won’t increase before 2014
There’s no prospect of any immediate turnaround in the stagnant housing market, according to the so-called ‘wise men’ of the Economic Council in their latest Economic Review. Prices are still judged to be…
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