DPP distances itself from Liberal ‘hypocrisy’
In the countdown to the election, Danish People’s Party (DPP) leader Kristian Thulesen Dahl has signalled division on the right by dismissing Lars Løkke Rasmussen’s warning of an economic crash landing as ‘hypocrisy.’…
MorePM dismisses proposal to slash benefits
The Danish Employers Confederation’s (DA) call for wide cuts in social benefits as part of a concerted effort to get 85,000 people off welfare has been dismissed by Prime Minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt as a…
MoreDA: Denmark is a loser counry
The Danish Employers Confederation (DA) yesterday continued its attack on the welfare mentality in this country by characterising Denmark as a ‘loser country’ compared to Sweden. Director General Jørn Neergaard Larsen said excessive social benefits in…
MoreLiberals promote Løkke
The Liberals have made party leader Lars Løkke Rasmussen the focal point of a new counter-campaign against the Social Democrats, even though voters rank the former prime minister as the least trustworthy of…
MoreRejected asylum seekers offered cash bonus to go home
Asylum seekers whose application for residency has been denied, but who refuse to leave the country, are to be offered a cash incentive to go home. Parliament’s Finance Committee has approved an agreement…
MoreMajority ready to amend justice opt-out
The ‘yes’ side looks like emerging victorious when the electorate is asked to vote on whether Denmark should replace its blanket EU opt out on legal and justice affairs with a ‘pick and…
MoreMuslim poet aims for parliament
Controversial 19-year-old Muslim poet Yahya Hassan is hoping to stand as a candidate for MP at the upcoming election. Hassan, the son of Palestinian immigrants who fled from Lebanon in the 1980’s, has…
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Maersk Line to save 60 percent on fuel by 2020 / NCC to recruit in Poland / Currency reserves remain high / DONG in offshore US deal Maersk: Maersk Line, the world’s biggest…
MoreEmployers launch attack on welfare
The Danish Employers Confederation (DA) has put forward a 28-point plan to get the unemployed off welfare and into work, but which also signals an attack on the social security system in this…
More75 years after WW2 Danes have grown to respect Germany
Germany’s Ambassador to Denmark, Claus Robert Krumrei, has welcomed a new poll showing that Danes appreciate their southern neighbour. The new Voxmeter poll shows that 75 years after the occupation in World War…
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