Healthy balance of payments
The Danish economy registered a healthy balance of payments surplus in April, despite the continuing problems of the eurozone. According to the latest trade figures from national statistical agency, Statistics Denmark, exports topped…
MoreInflation down
Consumer prices continue to rise, but not at the same tempo as previously. Although new Statistics Denmark figures show inflation fell in May to 2.1 per cent, compared to 2.3 per cent in…
MoreDanes’ private debt mountain
The number of bad debtors registered by the notorious RKI credit rating agency continues to grow, in line with the economic crisis. Financial analysts blamed the devastated housing market for the continually rising…
MoreBishops come up with wedding ritual for gays
Minister for Ecclesiastical Affairs Manu Sareen has welcomed bishops’ new marriage liturgy for homosexuals, their response to new gay rights legislation passed by the Danish parliament that allows same gender couples the right…
MoreBreakdown in labour market talks a ‘major setback’ for all
Newspapers have characterised the collapse of tripartite labour market negotiations between the government, employers, and trade unions, as a major setback to all sides. After the Danish Metal Workers’ Union refused to accept cuts…
MoreSocial Democrats: Tough reforms on the way
People are going to be hit where it hurts most after the collapse of tripartite labour market negotiations – in their pockets. The Social Democrats’ parliamentary group chairman, Henrik Sass Larsen, warned of…
MoreGallup: Left voters move further left, but comfortable majority for government
The struggling Social Democrats (S) are the only party that’s failed to attract a single voter from other parties. Not one single person who cast their vote elsewhere at the September election would…
MoreDisillusioned ‘red’ voters
A new Rambøl opinion poll shows that 71 per cent of left-wing voters feel cheated because the government has failed to carry out the policies it promised during the election campaign. Of those…
More‘Dangerous’ stateless man to get citizenship
A stateless man, described as a threat to national security last year by minister of integration at the time, Søren Pind, could become a Danish citizen today when Parliament adopts legislation that will…
MoreFinancial Union threat should trigger off new EU referendum says DPP
The Danish People’s Party has called for a new EU referendum in this country if top EU officials go ahead with plans to establish a Financial Union to rescue the euro. DPP MEP…
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