LA PASADA SEMANA: Resumen de Noticias del 27 de enero al 2 de febrero de 2014
POLITICA/ECONOMIA La coalición tripartita gubernamental se redujo a bipartita el día martes, cuando el Partido Socialista Popular (SF), socio minoritario del gobierno, anunció que abandonaba el Ejecutivo. La venta del 19% de las…
MoreNew cabinet ministers after re-shuffle no.6
Prime Minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt will present her new team of ministers to HM Queen Margrethe at 10pm today. The PM was forced into a new cabinet reshuffle after the Socialist People’s Party (SPP)…
MoreNew cabinet: Thorning’s ’safety first’ policy
The latest cabinet re-shuffle, the sixth since the government came to power in 2011, signals a cautious, safety-first approach according to political commentators. Prime Minister Helle Thorning Schmidt has assembled a team of…
MoreDPP outstrip Soc Dems in new poll
The political fall-out from the controversial DONG deal has proved beneficial to the Danish People’s Party (DPP). A new Megafon poll for Politiken shows that 20.1% of the electorate would vote for the…
MoreFormer SPP leader ‘misjudged’ opposition to Goldman Sachs
Former Socialist People’s Party (SPP) leader Holger K. Nielsen admits that he ‘totally misjudged’ the level of discontentment within his own party to the controversial DONG sell-off. Mr Nielsen, who lost his job…
MoreRed/Greens urge PM to ‘give Obama a call’
The Red/Green Alliance believe it’s time that Prime Minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt gave her ‘good friend’, US President Barak Obama, a call to discuss reports of US surveillance of Denmark. After leading Danish experts…
MoreNon-western immigrants drain public funds
Non-western immigrants are becoming an increasing burden on the state. A new study by the Rockwool Foundation’s research unit shows that while newcomers from developed countries such as Norway, USA, and Canada, will…
MoreSocial Democrat governments have led privatisation drive
A review of privatisation over the past 25 years reveals that Social Democrat-led governments have been far more eager to sell off state-owned companies than centre-right administrations – in cash terms, DKK36.7bn compared…
MoreBusiness shorts
Fewer self-employed / EU criticises Russian pork ban / Arla to invest billion Self-employed: The number of self-employed people in this country has shrunk by around 5% – or 10,000 – since the…
MoreThe Week That Was, January 27th – February 2nd,2013
Politics/Economy The three-party centre-left coalition was reduced to two, Thursday, when the Socialist People’s Party (SPP) dramatically pulled out of the government coalition. Public anger to the DONG sale to US investment bank…
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