The Week That Was, January 28th – February 3rd, 2013
Politics / Economy The al-Qaeda terror organisation threatened to launch ‘strong, serious, alarming, earth-shattering, shocking and terrifying’ attacks on Denmark, just as a 31-year-old Swedish national, Munir Awad, was being sentenced to 12…
MoreLA PASADA SEMANA: Resumen de Noticias del 28 de enero al 3 de febrero de 2013
POLITICA/ECONOMIA A los pocos días de que Munir Awad, de 31 años de edad, nacido en Líbano, nacionalizado sueco, fuera sentenciado por la Corte Suprema de Justicia de Copenhague 12 años de prisión…
MoreNew report: Danes can’t be bothered to work
For thousands and thousands of people in this country it just can’t pay to work. A new comparison of social transfer payments in Denmark, Sweden, Holland, and Germany by the Confederation of Danish…
MoreWelfare reform needed now says LA
The Liberal Alliance has called for a complete overhaul of the social benefits system in the wake of the new DA report (above) revealing that, compared to its neighbours, and most other countries,…
MoreWelfare: More for Less
In a special report on the Nordic Region, the weekly news and international affairs magazine, The Economist, presents an alteranitive view of the welfare state. From The Economist The Nordics still have the…
MoreDPP will stop Thorning from ‘doing a Fogh’
Danish People’s Party’s Morten Messerschmidt has called for new rules that would prevent top Danish cabinet ministers from quitting their top jobs in this country for a lucrative posting abraod. The controversial MEP,…
MoreTrade Minister in USA
During her visit to the USA this week, Trade Minister Pia Olsen will bang the drum for Danish goods and services, as well as promoting Denmark’s climate credentials. New figures show that Danish…
MoreDrastic opinion poll for socialists
The Socialist People’s Party’s (SPP) has hit an all-time low. According to a new Greens survey for financial daily Børsen, the coalition party would win no more than 5.3% of the vote today…
MorePrince Henrik: The man who would be King
Denmark’s Royal Consort, Prince Henrik, has again aired his dissatisfaction at being denied the title of King of Denmark. In an interview with French magazine, Point de Vue, the disgruntled Prince decries that…
MoreNew bank collapse?
Another major bank could be facing bankruptcy. The Vestjysk Bank was forced to downwardly adjust its year-end earnings projection to minus DKK1.15bn, Friday, causing its share price to drop by 20% and creating…
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