LA PASADA SEMANA: Resumen de Noticias del 1 al 7 de octubre de 2012
POLITICA/ECONOMIA En su discurso durante la ceremonia de apertura del Parlamento la Primer Ministro, Helle Thorning- Shmidth, destacó la necesidades de mejorar los programas de educación y la creación de empleos para prevenir…
MoreDanish Intelligence helped CIA to kill terrorist leader says agent
A former undercover agent claims that Danish Intelligence (PET) was directly involved in the hunt for the one of the world’s most wanted terrorist leaders, radical Muslim cleric Anwar al-Awlaki, killed by the…
MoreDID PET act illegally?
Danish Intelligence’s alleged participation in the murder of a terrorist leader has sparked off a debate amongst legal experts who disagree as to the legality of PET’s operations in the war on terror….
MoreSocial Democrats hit rock-bottom in new poll
An estimated 350,000 voters have deserted the Social Democrats since last year’s election, a new Greens poll for for financial daily Børsen shows, as the ruling party has sunk to 16.5 per cent…
MoreNo euro, thanks
Danish voters have become increasingly negative about increased economic integration within the EU. A new Gallup poll for Berlingske shows that just 22 per cent would vote to replace the Danish krone with…
MoreDenmark to resist calls for more NATO spending
The government supports efforts to increase NATO cooperative security for all partners even though Denmark, with a defence budget of 1.4 per cent of GNP, doesn’t live up to the military alliance’s goal…
MoreVilhelmsen could split the SPP
If Anette Vilhemsen becomes the new Socialist People’s Party leader it could lead to an internal war within the party, according to ‘highly-placed’ anonymous sources quoted by Berlingske. Current leader Villy Søvndal has…
MoreSPP race goes negative
As the Socialist People’s Party leadership battle enters its final week the two candidates have become increasingly negative towards each other. Health Minister Astrid Krag has accused her opponent, Anette Vilhelmsen of giving…
MoreMore homeless Africans
An increasing number of African immigrants are homeless in this country. The Kristelig Dagbladet writes that the majority of them, legal job seekers from countries such as Nigeria, Sierra Leone and Mali, arrive…
MorePM attacks opposition, praises Red/Greens
Prime Minister welcomed back MP’s from their summer recess during parliament’s opening debate before launching a scathing attack on the Liberals ‘who spend all their time attacking the government instead of talking about…
More