Parliament’s speaker too ‘government friendly’
The political opposition has accused Speaker of the House Mogens Lykketoft of being too accommodating towards the centre-left and failing in his duty to parliament. Although the speaker should be impartial the Liberals…
MoreDenmark won’t withhold development aid to Egypt, despite coup
Immediate developments in Egypt are totally dependent upon how soon the military retreats into the background and hands over power to a democratically-elected government, Foreign Minister Villy Søvndal said last night. Whilst stating…
MoreUS bugs no threat to NATO security says Fogh
NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen said yesterday he had no reason to believe that NATO’s security had been compromised by alleged U.S. spying on its European allies. In response to a report…
MoreHome repossessions down
The number of home repossessions fell in June, another sign that the housing market could be recovering. 371 families, unable to pay keep up with mortgage payments, were forced to leave their home…
MoreBusiness shorts
Novo Nordisk joins exclusive top-100 club / DONG sells off assets Novo Novo Nordisk is the only Danish name on PriceWaterhouseCooper’s (PWC) 2013 list of the world’s 100 most valuable companies, in terms…
MoreSøvndal: “Egypt coup could be positive”
Commenting on Wednesday’s dramatic events in Egypt, Foreign Minister Villy Søvndal said late last night that while he doesn’t agree with military coups it was encouraging that the army, which overthrew President Mohammed…
MoreDKK5m fine and ban for ROJ TV
Kurdish TV network ROJ TV and its holding company, Mesopotamia Broadcast, were each fined DKK5m and banned from transmitting from Denmark in the High Court, Wednesday. The case stretches back to 2005 when ROJ…
MoreTurkish Ambassador: ‘An historic day’
Turkey’s Ambassador to Denmark Ahment Berki Dibek welcomed the multi-million judgment against ROJ TV as a ‘milestone’ in the fight against terrorism. The Ambassador, who followed the proceedings personally in the High Court,…
MoreFinance Minister probed about excessive consultancy fees
Finance Minister Bjarne Corydon has been asked to explain the state’s ‘excessive’ use of private consulting firms after new figures from the Agency for the Modernisation of Public Administration revealed that the state…
MoreThorning tackles EU youth unemployment
Prime Minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt has urged her fellow EU leaders to assist each other in an effort to stem the ever growing wave of youth unemployment in Europe. Denmark’s role as a pioneering…
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