MP’s sign off for the summer
Parliament’s concluding debate before the summer recess, Wednesday, was, as per custom, dominated by insults, boasting, and counter accusations of failed policy and broken promises. In her final speech of the parliamentary period…
MoreNo need to ease fiscal policy says OECD
In contrast to the ‘wise men’ of the Economic Council, the OECD (Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development) believes the government doesn’t need to ease its strict fiscal policy to stimulate growth. The…
MoreOECD confirms growth estimates
The governments’ downwardly revised expectations for growth are confirmed in the OECD’s latest Economic Outlook, which forecasts no more than 0.4 per cent growth this year, close to the government’s own figures but…
MoreThe economy – it’s not all bad news
The Danish economy is often portrayed as being so fragile that it appears ready to collapse at any moment, but according to Berlingske’s financial analyst Lars Erik Skovgaard it’s not all doom and…
MoreEU Commission agrees with government’s growth projections
In its latest country-specific report, The European Commission states that the Danish government’s ‘macroeconomic scenario underpinning the budgetary projections in the programme is plausible’. According to the report, ‘The scenario projecting GDP growth…
MoreMore international criticism of right to information bill
Another leading international corruption watchdog has come out against the government’s controversial right to information bill. After the internationally recognised Centre for Law and Democracy (CLD)in Halifax, Canada, called the proposed legislation ‘unacceptable…
MoreMinister was warned of UN violations
Former Integration Minister Birthe Rønn Hornbech was given a clear warning in 2009 that the ministry’s refusal to grant stateless persons citizenship was in violation of UN Conventions, a top civil servant said…
MoreHuman trafficking arrests
Six Romanian nationals were arrested during a raid on the red-light district of Vesterbro in Copenhagen, Wednesday. The five men and one woman all denied the charges but were remanded in custody for…
MoreDPP casts suspicion on new citizens
The Danish People’s Party (DPP) has come under fire for a full-page that appears in national newspapers today. The ad names 685 people who are about to be granted Danish citizenship, and the…
More‘Wise men’ question government’s growth projections
Economic growth in Denmark will be far less than the government’s very cautious projection of 0.5 per cent this year, according to the ‘wise men’ of the Economic Council who in their Spring…
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