New poll: Opposition’s lead is shrinking
The opposition is still ahead in the polls but its comfortable lead is shrinking. A new Voxmeter poll for financial daily Børsen indicates that the opposition parties, led by Lars Løkke Rasmussen, would…
MoreElection ‘too close to call’ says commentator
Lars Løkke Rasmussen’s comeback as prime minister is far from certain, leading political commentator, former Conservative leader, Hans Engell said yesterday after a new poll (above) showed the opposition’s lead has narrowed to…
MoreLiberal leadership rejects user fees on health services
Paying for a visit to the family doctor definitely isn’t part of the Liberals’ official policy, deputy leader Kristian Jensen was quick to stress yesterday after a number of the party’s candidates in…
MoreLiberals’ tax cuts ‘less than a packet of cigarettes’
The Liberals’ trump-card in the upcoming election campaign –lower taxes for low-paid workers, coupled with a cap on social benefits – will provide minimum incentive for those on welfare to look for work,…
MoreNetanyahu: Scandinavian governments are trying to unseat me
Israel’s prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, has accused ‘western governments, and mostly Scandinavian’ of trying to remove him from power by spending millions of dollars on meddling with Israeli upcoming elections where he’s facing…
MoreEconomy: Denmark lagging behind neighbours
Although the Danish economy is looking healthier, any upswing looks like being very moderate according to the latest Nordea ‘state of the economy’ report. Despite record-low interest rates, booming share prices, the housing…
MoreGerman recovery good news for exporters
The recovering German economy is good news for Danish exporters, especially in the wind-turbine and environmental technology fields. Senior economist Jacob Warburg of Denmark’s Export Council said the German economy, driven by rising…
MoreDanish Crown slashes 280 jobs
Danish Crown has announced 280 redundancies at its Ringsted slaughterhouse. Slaughtering capacity at the plant will be reduced to 15,000 pigs a week over the summer months to adapt to the constantly falling…
MoreThe Week That Was, March 9th – March 15th, 2015
Politics/Economy A new YouGov poll gave the newly-founded Alternative Party 2.2 per cent of the vote, just above the 2 per cent threshold needed for parliamentary representation and four seats – the government,…
MoreMinister to EU: We’ll run our own asylum policy
Denmark is responsible for its own asylum policy, not the EU – that was the defiant message from Justice Minister Mette Frederiksen yesterday after a top-level meeting of EU justice and inferior ministers…
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