PM helps out Løkke
Prime Minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt still has confidence in Lars Løkke Rasmussen’s ability to lead the Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI) despite the travel expenditure controversy. The PM said she believed the GGGI is…
MoreDPP back Løkke for PM
Despite the negative media and political attacks on Liberal leader Lars Løkke Rasmussen he’s still the Danish People’s Party’s preferred candidate for Prime Minister. In his weekly letter to party members, DPP leader…
MoreLøkke’s travel troubles cost votes
Lars Løkke Rasmussen’s travel expenditure controversy continues to scare off voters. A new Megafon poll taken after the Liberal leader’s marathon press conference, Sunday, shows the main opposition party has dropped below its…
MoreNew travel expense problems for Løkke
Liberal leader Lars Løkke Rasmussen has been hit with new allegations of misusing his expense account as chairman of the Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI). After sifting through the 200 pages of invoices…
MoreTax shelters cost the state billions
Affluent Danish nationals have stashed away between DKK100-150bn in foreign tax shelters, costing the state between DKK3-5bn every year in lost tax revenue. The explosive new figures were revealed in a TV documentary…
MoreDenmark backs Dutch legal efforts against Russia
Denmark has backed the Netherlands’ legal efforts to free the 30 Greenpeace activists, including Danish national Anne Mie Roer Jensen, who are being held in pre-trial detention in the northern Russian city of…
MorePM, Queen, to greet leaders
Prime Minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt and Foreign Minister Villy Søvndal will hold talks with UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon today who’s in Copenhagen to attend the Global Growth Forum. Later in the day, Ethiopia’s…
MoreJoint Franco-Danish declaration on green trade liberalisation
During their meeting in Copenhagen, Monday, Nicole Bricq, the French Minister for Foreign Trade, and Nick Hækkerup, the Danish Minister for Trade and European Affairs agreed on the following joint declaration on green…
MoreDenmark launches ‘Opportunity Africa’
The Danish government has launched ‘Opportunity Africa’ , a political initiative aimed at combining traditional foreign policy with development co-operation, as well as trade and investment, to support green economic growth in Africa….
MoreThe Week That Was, October 14th – October 20th, 2013
Politics/Economy Under-fire opposition leader Lars Løkke Rasmussen bowed to pressure and agreed to release details of the DKK1m he spent on first-class air tickets and five-star hotels travelling the world as chairman of…
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