Hortensia war between Denmark and Norway
The ornamental plant, the Hortensia, is at the centre of a customs war between Denmark and its close neighbour, Norway. The government in Oslo slapped a 72 per cent import duty on a…
MoreSøvndal quits as SPP leader
Villy Søvndal has resigned as Socialist People’s Party leader but will continue as Minister of Foreign Affairs According to media reports he had already decided last year that the Autumn election campaign would…
MoreDenmark loses out on China billions
Denmark has missed out on massive amounts of Chinese investment money in the 12 years since the Millennium. As a delegation of top politicians and business leaders, led by Prime Minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt,…
MoreThorning will up China relations
As she prepares to head a high-ranking trade delegation to China, Prime Minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt vowed that relations with Beijing will become a top priority for the Danish government over the next few…
MoreAlleged Taxgate leaker charged by police
Former high-ranking Tax Ministry advisor Peter Arnfeldt has been formally charged by Copenhagen Police with leaking confidential details about Helle Thorning-Schmidt’s tax returns to tabloid dailies Ekstra Bladet and BT. In sworn testimony…
MoreOECD forecast shatters government’s growth forecast says economist
The OECD’s pessmistic forecast for growth in the Eurozone next year (see below) has shattered the government’s budget projection of 1.7 per cent growth in this country, leading economist Bent Greve of Roskilde…
MoreMinister admits that duties are damaging to growth
Employment Minster Mette Frederiksen has acknowledged that Denmark’s growth and jobs problems can’t be solved by imposing more duties. During a TV debate forum last night, she said making goods more expensive diminishes…
MoreSøvndal sends DKK1.5m to Syrian oppostion
Foreign Minister Villy Søvndal has granted DKK1.5m to The Day After Project, a group of 45 Syrians representing a large spectrum of the Syrian opposition, including senior representatives of the Syrian National Council…
MoreDPP sidelines defence cut talks
Cross-party negotiations to cut DKK2.7bn in military spending have ground to a halt even before they got underway. All parliamentary parties, with the exception of the Red/Greens, were scheduled for talks with Defence…
MorePolice respond to calls for crackdown on inner-city drug dealers
After coming under fire for failing to arrest a single drug dealer in the inner-city Vesterbro district during the summer months, the police have now arrested 22 over the past ten days. After…
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