Red/Greens won’t unseat the government
Despite the Red/Green’s threats there’s little prospect of them unseating the minority government and paving the way for the opposition – and especially the arch-enemy of the left-wing, the Danish People’s Party leader…
MoreCountries band together to indict Syrian regime
Denmark has joined a group of countries hoping to indict the Syrian regime at the International Criminal Court (ICC). Minister of Foreign Affairs Villy Søvndal said it’s ‘crucial’ that anybody responsible for flagrant…
MoreFat, sugar duties to stay
The Liberals have failed to persuade the government to drop the contentious duty to be imposed on products with high sugar and fat content, part of the tax reform programme. Friday’s agreement between…
MoreGovernment eyes EU rebate – UK gets millions from Denmark
Minister for the Economy Margrethe Vestager said she’s ‘pretty sure’ that Denmark will receive a billion-kroner rebate from the EU’s 2013-2020 budget, money that’s already earmarked to finance tax relief in the government’s…
MoreIMF pushes for a full European monetary union
The managing director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Christine Lagarde, presented a controversial proposal of six points in Luxembourg last night at a meeting of the 17 Euro-area countries’ economic and finance…
MoreMunicipal budget cuts affect vulnerable citizens the most
Socially disadvantaged people have been hit disproportionately hard by municipal budget cuts, according to the Council for the Socially Disadvantaged based on figures from Statistics Denmark. On average, budgets have been shaved by…
MorePharma companies exposed for evading taxes
The tax authority Skat has discovered 15 small and medium-sized pharmaceutical companies that have evaded paying taxes amounting to DKK70m. Most of the discrepancies are due to ‘entertainment expenses’ that were improperly deducted…
MoreOrganics action-plan gets a boost
With a goal of doubling the organic area by 2020, the Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Fisheries has increased funding for the government’s action-plan for organics being developed with the far-left Red/Green Alliance….
MoreSøvndal’s private jet cost taxpayers DKK270,000
Minister for Foregn Affairs Villy Søvndal, who said in 2009 that his predecessor Lene Espersen must have been suffering from sunstroke when she spent DKK180,000 of taxpayers’ money on a private jet to…
MoreTax Minister extends olive branch to Liberals
The waters of the government’s tax reform negotiations were muddied even more, Thursday, when Tax Minister Thor Möger Pedersen said the Liberals are ‘more than welcome’ to return to the negotiating table. The…
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