The Week That Was, March 24th – March 30th, 2014
Politics/Economy Denmark’s biggest financial institution, Danske Bank, predicted economic growth of 1.5 per cent this year, rising to 2 per cent in 2015, boosted by a combination of increased consumer spending at home…
MoreLocal mayors challenge Prime Minister
Prime Minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt has lost grass-roots support in the EU child benefit dispute, signalling problems for the government both at home and in the upcoming EU election. Social Democrat mayors in councils…
MoreSocial Democrats heading for disaster as mayors turn against Thorning
The ruling Social Democrats are on the verge of collapse, according to leading political commentator Hans Engell. After reports of widespread discontent amongst Social Democrat mayors in local councils throughout the country, the…
MoreBritish PM backs Thorning for top EU job
British Prime Minister David Cameron believes his Danish counterpart, Helle Thorning-Schmidt, would be an ‘excellent choice’ to become the new President of the EU Commission. According to the Financial Times, the two leaders…
MoreFlexicurity doesn’t work
The legendary Danish flexicurity model has become outmoded and no longer works, according to a new study by the Rockwool Foundation. The much-vaunted labour market model, under which the state provides a generous…
MoreEX-Norway PM to replace Fogh at NATO
Denmark’s Anders Fogh Rasmussen will be replaced by Norway’s ex-PM Jens Stoltenberg when he steps down as NATO Secretary General at the Wales summit in October. After resigning as Dansh Prime Minister in…
MoreFogh made NATO more visible says expert
During his five years as Secretary General of NATO, Anders Fogh Rasmussen made the western military alliance far more ‘visible’ in the media, according to an American expert who in 2010 published a…
MoreMajority rejects EU sex ban proposal
A majority of the Danish electorate is against an EU proposal that would make buying sex illegal. The EU parliament is considering following the ‘Nordic Model’ by criminalising the purchase of sex, but…
MoreJob hotline to stop the flow of East European workers
Despite figures showing that 150,000 unemployed are ’ready and willing’ to work, many Danish companies are unable to find suitable Danish manpower and are forced to hire East Europeans instead. To help solve…
MoreGovernment confirms deployment of fighter planes
Foreign Minister Martin Lidegaard (R) and Defence Minister Nicolai Wammen (SD) have confirmed that fighter planes will be sent to the Baltics on 1 May and this decision is backed by all parties…
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