Rise in big earners
Despite the crisis a growing number have joined the ‘million club’. New figures show that between 2008 and 2011, 59,972 people in this country had an income of over DKK1m, a rise of…
MoreRed/Greens ready to bend the rules for Johanne
Leading Red/Green Alliance members are ready to compromise their principles by allowing titular leader Johanne Schmidt Nielsen to remain in parliament after the next election. Ms Nielsen, a recognised vote-grabber, could fall foul…
MoreLA PASADA SEMANA: Resumen de Noticias del 11 al 17 de febrero de 2013
POLITICA/ECONOMIA Una revisión general de todas las iniciativas para estimular el crecimiento económico lanzadas por la coalición gubernamental de centro-izquierda desde que llegó al poder hace 18 meses y basada en datos proporcionados…
MoreThe Week That Was, February 11th – February 17th
Politics / Economy Based on Finance Ministry data, a review of all the growth initiatives launched by the centre-left coalition government since it came to power 18 months ago reveals that neither the…
MoreFormer Ukrainian minister granted political asylum
Valerij Ivasjtjenko, Ukraine’s former Minister of Defense, has fled his country and been granted residency in Denmark. The 56-year-old was arrested in August 2010 as one of the first in what would be…
MoreEU to start DNA-testing for horsemeat
Minister of Food, Agriculture and Fisheries Mette Gjerskov has given approval for the EU to implement a range of additional tests to reveal whether there has been tampering with the type of meat…
MoreRead Løkke’s lips: no new taxes
Danish companies must receive a clear guarantee that no new taxes will be implemented over the next 30 months until the next general election – that was the bold statement made by the…
MoreTrade unions ‘the real loser’ in municipal agreement
As a result of the settlement between Local Government Denmark (KL) and negotiators representing 507,000 municipal employees, the employees will have to make do with wage increases of only 2.16 per cent over…
MoreSenior jobs in the private sector could create competition issues
The Confederation of Danish Employers (DA) will not help municipalities find 4,000 senior jobs in the private sector. According to Erik Simonsen, deputy director of DA, “It’s completely mad for Local Government Denmark…
MoreMinister to tighten rules for bank auditors
As a consequence of bank auditors’ sub-standard work for a number of failed banks, Minister of Economic and Business Affairs Annette Vilhelmsen will now tighten the rules for their work with financial institutions….
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