SPP pols split with government on financial tax
Leading members of the Socialist People’s Party (SPP) have signalled further internal discord within the government by claiming that Denmark should be participating in the EU Financial Transaction Tax (FTT). SPP MEP Emilie…
MoreDanish population at all-time high
The population of Denmark increased by 29,000 in 2012, to 5.6m, a new record. Despite fears that the low birth rate will cause the population to diminish, immigration is having the opposite effect….
MoreHorse meat ‘probably sold’ in Danish supermarkets
After conducting extensive tests, French company Comigel, at the centre of the scandal, has said it’s ‘highly probable’ that lasagne containing horse meat has been sold by Danish supermarkets. Purchasing manager Per Thau…
MoreDanish-owned meat supplier heavily implicated in horse meat scandal
Flexi Foods Ltd, based in Hull, UK, but registered at an address in Charlottenlund, north of Copenhagen, is suspected of importing tons of horse meat into the UK and selling it on as…
MoreGovernment welcomes US withdrawal plan
Both Prime Minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt and Minister of Foreign Affairs Villy Søvndal have welcomed President Obama’s announcement that 34,000 US troops will be withdrawn from Afghanistan at the start of 2014. The PM…
MoreGovernment’s policies ‘untrustworthy’
‘Untrustworthy’ and ‘over-estimated’ – that’s the verdict on the government’s crisis policy from the Liberals’ policy spokesman, Ellen Trane Nørby, after criticism from leading economists who claimed that the centre-left coalition’s growth and…
MoreMinister hopes for US free-trade deal
Minister for Trade Pia Olsen Dyhr has welcomed the prospect of a free-trade agreement between the USA and Europe, as suggested by President Barak Obama in his State of the Union address, Tuesday…
MoreIndian Embassy plays tit for tat game
The Indian Embassy in Copenhagen is determined to make life difficult for Danish tourists and business travellers. Sources close to Jyllands-Posten claim that the embassy is willfully delaying its visa processing time in retaliation for…
MoreDanish woman threatens to set herself on fire
A 50-year-old Danish woman has threatened to set fire to herself unless the local police arrest three men who recently assaulted her and her husband in their home in the village of Mehrampur…
MoreForeign Minister re-draws African borders
Foreign Minister Villy Søvndal appeared to experience a ‘senior moment’ when discussing Libya, Tuesday. After the international ministerial meeting in Paris, Mr Søvndal mentioned Libya’s security problems in the south of the country…
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