The Socialist People’s Party (SPP) has acknowledged that the government’s tax reform favours high earners – but only marginally. In response to new Tax Ministry figures showing that those in the top tax…

Morten Messerschmidt’s full-frontal attack on Prime Minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt and the Danish EU Presidency in Brussels, Tuesday, (below) was not only extremely embarrassing but potentially damaging to Denmark and Danish interests, according to…

Just 4.8 per cent of the electorate would vote for the Socialist People’s Party (SPP), if an election was held today, the coalition partner’s lowest level of support for 33 years. The latest…

It’s those with high incomes who’ll gain the most from the new tax reform, no matter what the government claims. New Tax Minister figures show that the 10 per cent of the population…

Minister of Justice Morten Bødskov is under increasing pressure to re-think the state’s policy on cannabis. In a leader article, Tuesday, financial daily Børsen proclaimed that decriminalisation is the only way ‘to stop…

Youth drug and alcohol abuse in this country has reached alarming heights. A new report by the Centre for Alcohol and Drug Research at Aarhus University reveals that one in twelve of all…

The Danish military has started to destroy its arsenal of 42,000 cluster bombs, in accordance with the 2010 Convention on Cluster Munitions ratified by 72 states. Minister of Defence Nick Hækkerup said the…

Increased beer sales at Euro 2012 for Carlsberg Carlsberg increased its stadium beer sales by 40 per cent during the recently concluded European Football Championships, compared to the 2008 finals in Austria/Switzerland. Morten…

Danish People’s Party (DPP) MEP Morten Messerschmidt fired off a fiery parting salvo to Danish Prime Minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt at the EU Parliament, Tuesday, as Denmark officially handed over the rotating Presidency to…

1,240 – the number of cigarettes smoked per adult in Denmark, the ‘smokers’ paradise’, last year, a drop of 18 per cent, or 276 per capita, since 2006, new Statistics Denmark figures show….