Liberals demand review of benefits tourism
The opposition has accused the government of failing to address the thorny problem of benefits tourism. After renewed concern about an influx of east Europeans since restrictions on Romanian and Bulgarian migrants were…
MoreBenefits tourism is no threat says Social Liberal leader
Benefits tourism poses no threat to the Danish welfare state so there’s no need for new rules, Social Liberal leader Margrethe Vestager says in an interview with Berlingske, thereby distancing herself from both…
MoreSocial Liberals to DPP: Where are the hordes of east Europeans?
After distancing themselves from the Social Democrats and Liberals, the Social Liberals turned their attention to the Danish People’s Party (DPP) who they accused of inflaming the debate surrounding benefits tourism. The coalition…
MoreDPP MEP copies colleague’s blog
Danish People’s Party’s MEP Morten Messerschmidt stands accused of plagiarism after copying, virtually word for word, an anti-EU blog by his British colleague, Daniel Hannan. The English text, reproduced in Danish on the…
MoreDenmark promoted as a a tax shelter in Baltic region
Tax Minister Jonas Dahl has ordered the tax authorities to launch a probe into whether Danish Limited Partnership (Kommanditselskaber) companies are being used for tax evasion purposes, after claims that Denmark is being…
MoreMinister writes off DKK295m debt
Development Aid Minister Rasmus Helveg Petersen arrived in Myanmar for his first official trip abroad, Thursday, carrying a substantial gift. During a meeting with President Thein Sein and Finance Minister U Win Shein…
MoreNykredit: ECB ready to lower interest rate
Nykredit Markets believes the European Central Bank (ECB) is ready to reduce interest in the very near future, even though it kept its benchmark interest rate at a record low of 0.25%, Thursday….
MoreNo sign of any upswing says top economist
The prospect of an economic upswing this year, as predicted by Prime Minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt in her New Year address to the nation, is ‘highly unlikely’ according to one of Denmark’s top economists….
MoreConsumer dreams
Danes dream about spending more money today than they did 12 months ago, even though just one in five actually has more disposable income than a year ago. A new TNS Gallup survey…
MoreEmployment Minister in hot water
Another cabinet minister has been accused of misleading parliament – this time it’s Employment Minister Mette Frederiksen who, according to Jyllands Posten ‘cosmetically enhanced’ the figures in a report about sick leave. The…
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