National Bank supports banking union
The Danish National Bank has, for the first time ever, come out firmly in favour of the proposed pan-EU banking union, aimed at making huge taxpayer-funded bank bailouts a thing of the past…
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More jobs available / C20 closes at new record high / Vestas in line for Canada deal Jobs: An increase in the number of jobs available reinforces labour market optimism. 18,900 vacant jobs…
MoreHelle Thorning-Schmidt: President of the European Commission?
Prime Minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt is a front runner to become the next president of the European Commission when the job becomes vacant this autumn, if leading British newspaper, The Daily Telegraph, is to…
MoreThorning has ‘no chance’ of top EU-job
Prime Minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt’s chances of landing her dream job of President of the EU Commission are virtually zero, according to leading political commentator Hans Engell. The former Conservative leader dismissed speculation by…
MoreDPP will attack government on EU
The Danish People’s Party sees the upcoming Patent Court referendum and EU elections as the perfect opportunity to attract even more disgruntled Social Democrat voters, according to Berlingske analyst Thomas Larsen. In an…
MoreThink-tank urges government to privatise public sector services
Right-leaning think-tank CEPOS has encouraged the government to invite tenders for traditional public sector services, despite Swedish evidence that it doesn’t lead to better welfare. The Productivity Commission’s claim that taxpayers get more…
MoreUganda to go ahead with anti-gay bill: Denmark protests
Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni will sign a controversial anti-homosexuality bill today which most Western countries, including Denmark, have criticised and tried to stop from becoming law. Ugandan Government spokesman Ofwono Opondo told Reuters…
MoreGovernment pushes for better health but rejects anti-smoking proposals
Health experts have urged the government to increase the price of a packet of cigarettes to DKK100 to discourage young people from smoking. A new report by the National Council for Prevention, to…
More‘Robin Hood’ to sue Maersk
A French environmental group is threatening to sue the Maersk Line for failing to fully report the loss of hundreds of containers during a violent storm in the Bay of Biscay two weeks…
MoreThe Week That Was, February 17th – February 23rd, 2014
Politics/Economy The voter exodus from the Social Democrats continues – in a new poll, just 18.3% said they would vote for the party if an election was held today, while the anti-immigrant Danish…
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