Inflation at 46-year low
Consumer prices rose by no more than 0.6 per cent in July, pushing inflation down to its lowest monthly rate for 46 years. If the trend continues, annual inflation for the whole year…
MoreFamilies benefit from low inflation and tax relief
The historic low rate of inflation, coupled with tax relief introduced on January 1st, has provided the average family with an extra DKK700 in spending power every month according to Danske Bank calculations….
MoreLA PASADA SEMANA: Resumen de Noticias del 4 al 11 de agosto de 2013
POLITICA/ECONOMIA La Primer Ministro anunció el día viernes la reorganización de su gabinete ministerial. El reconocido estratega de los Socilademócratas, Henrik Sass Larsen completó su regreso a la política danesa al ser nombrado…
MoreThorning: Denmark is back on track
Denmark is back on track, the economy’s recovering, and there’s definite cause for optimism – that was the upbeat message from Prime Minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt in an extensive interview with DR News, Sunday,…
MoreAnalyst: Cabinet re-shuffle was a ‘quick repair job’
Friday’s cabinet-re-shuffle was more of a ’quick fix’ aimed at repairing the government coalition and stopping the Social Democrats’(S) and Socialist People’s Party’s (SPP) continuing slide in the polls, according to leading political…
MoreDPP demands answers to Sass-Larsen security controversy
Danish People’s Party leader Peter Skaarup said the Prime Minister owes voters a full explanation as to why her new Business & Growth Minister Henrik Sass Larsen was denied security clearance after the…
MoreCabinet re-shuffle signals leftward shift
Henrik Sass Larsen’s political comeback is a sign of the government’s ideological shift towards the left, according to the Liberals and Conservatives who also claim that the Socialist People’s Party’s role in the…
MoreNew mosque linked to Muslim Brotherhood
The Danish-Islamic Council, responsible for Denmark’s first major mosque project that’s nearing completion in the inner-city district of Nørrebro, is allegedly the Muslim Brotherhood’s extended arm in this country. According to tabloid daily…
MoreDanish-funded aid project mired in controversy
The former head of a Danish-funded aid anti-corruption group in Afghanistan claims that Denmark is being ‘cheated and duped’ out of its money. Denmark has funded around half of the $10m budget of…
MoreThe Week That Was, August 5th – August 11th, 2013
Politics/Economy Prime Minister shuffled her pack of ministers, Friday. The Social Democrats top strategist, Henrik Sass-Larsen completed his political comeback by becoming the new Trade & Growth Minister, replacing Socialist People’s Party (SPP)…
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