Parties divided on Syria intervention
The conflict in Syria continues to divide Danish political parties. The Danish People’s Party’s claim that it’s up to Syrians themselves to solve the problem has been dismissed by the Liberal Alliance (LA)…
MoreThe Week That Was, July 9th – July 15th, 2012
Politics / Economy The political week was dominated by heated discussions between all parties about the 2013 budget. After the far-left Red/Green Alliance threatened to topple the government by abstaining when the bill…
MoreLA PASADA SEMANA: Resumen de Noticias del 9 al 15 de julio de 2012
POLITICA/ECONOMIA La semana política fue dominada por acaloradas discusiones sobre el presupuesto nacional para el 2013, todos los partidos se involucraron en la polémica sobre del tema. El partido Alianza Roji-Verde (Enhedslisten), amenazó…
MoreYou say you want a revolution?
The Red/Green Alliance has predicted a revolution in Denmark ‘within 20 years’. The far-left party, branded as a bunch of ‘Marxists, Trotskyites, and Leninists’ by Social Democrat ‘whip’ Henrik Sass Larsen last week,…
MoreRed/Greens reveal their true colours
The Red/Green Alliance is finally showing its true colours, according to Social Democrat and Liberal politicians who’ve responded angrily to the far-left party’s warning of a revolution within 20 years. The Red/Greens are…
MoreCold War ‘mole’ outed
A high-ranking historian has been outed as a mole for the Soviet Union. As a young communist during the Cold War, Olaf Olsen, former Head of the National Museum of Denmark and ‘Keeper…
MoreDrop in health spending
Danish health care expenditure fell byDKK7bn ($1.15bn), or 0.4%, from 2009-2010. OECD Health Data 2012 shows that health spending accounted for 11.1% of GDP in 2010, higher than the OECD average of 9.5%,…
MoreGreen card system needs adjustments
The green card scheme, introduced in 2008 to attract highly skilled immigrants to Denmark, doesn’t match the needs of the business sector according to DI, The Confederation of Danish Industries, who have now…
MoreGlobalisation creates mixed marriages
An increasing number of Danes are marrying a foreign national. New statistics show that every seventh wedding includes a person born abroad, a sign of increasing globalisation according to Professor Lisbeth B. Knudsen,…
MoreCrisis has created more ghettos
The emergence of more and more ghettoes in Denmark is a direct result of the economic crisis, experts claim. In response to a new report by the Ministry of Housing, Rural & Urban…
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