Election 2015: Only statistical uncertainty separates government and opposition
In contrast to most polls, which are starting to show a majority for the government and its support parties, a new Wilke poll for Jyllands-Posten indicates a win for the opposition. Wilke predicts…
MoreElection 2015: Liberals play asylum card
Lars Løkke Rasmussen has vowed to reduce the number of people applying for asylum in Denmark if he’s the prime minister after next week’s election. The Liberal leader and Prime Minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt…
MoreElection 2015: Economists agree – little incentive to work
Opposition leader Lars Løkke Rasmussen claims that 330,000 people in this country earn virtually nothing from working compared to those on welfare, while Prime Minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt claims the figure is closer to…
MoreElection 2015: 25,000 people haven’t worked for10 years
25,000 people have been on welfare for at least 10 of the past fifteen years, new figures by the The Confederation of Danish Employers (DA) show. The biggest group is non-western women, of…
MoreDanish parties denounce Saudi flogging
All Danish political parties have supported Sweden’s denouncement of Saudi Arabia for violating religious freedom and human rights, after it emerged that the country’s highest court has upheld a sentence against system critic Raif…
MoreTrade surplus up
Denmark’s trade surplus increased in April as exports fell at a slower rate than imports, the latest Statistics Denmark figures show. The seasonally adjusted trade surplus, excluding ships and airplanes, rose to DKK…
More13 arrested in corruption scandal
Although Denmark has long been recognised as the world’s least corrupt country two IT companies in Nykøbing Falster are under suspicion of bribing local state employees. According to the police, employees of Region…
MoreYoung drug abusers rewarded with Caribbean cruise
Foreign media are reporting how local authorities in this country have spent DKK40m of taxpayers’ money sending youth criminals and drug abusers on sailing voyages in the Caribbean. From World News: How should…
MoreUS award for slain synagogue guard
The American Jewish Committee (AJC), the leading global Jewish advocacy organisation, has presented its Moral Courage Award posthumously to Dan Uzan, the volunteer security guard who was murdered while protecting a Bat Mitzvah party at a Copenhagen…
MoreElection 2015: DPP raises welfare stakes
While opposition leader Lars Løkke Rasmussen continues to bang the drum for zero public sector growth, the Danish People’s Party (DPP), the potential powerbroker after next week’s election, has put forward its own…
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