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‘Average’ income tax Denmark is no longer the world leader in income tax. According to a new OECD report, Denmark has ‘average taxation’ compared to all OECD countries in terms of tax on…
MoreThe Week That Was, October 12th – October 18th 2015
Politics/Economy The Danish People’s Party (DPP) became involved in a campaign controversy ahead of the opt-out referendum on December 3rd after it was revealed that the MELD organisation (Europe of Liberties and Democracy),…
MoreLøkke: A new realism in refugee debate
Prime Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen welcomed the ’new realism’ of the European refugee debate after the EU summit, Thursday, characterised by the ‘action plan’ agreed with Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan to cooperate on…
MoreAnders Fogh calls for ground troops in ‘bog of quicksand’ Syria
The Syrian civil war is a ‘bog of quicksand’ according to ex-prime minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen, who in a Danish TV debate last night urged the West to continue bombing the Islamic State…
MoreForeign Ministry cuts: ‘Diplomacy will suffer’
The Foreign Ministry will suffer cuts of DKK200m over the next four years even though the ruling Liberals promised more funding during the election campaign. According to confidential calculations obtained by Politiken, the…
MoreAnti-immigrant Swedish party copies Denmark
The right-wing, populist, Sweden Democrats are hoping to stop the influx of immigrants by copying Denmark and placing newspaper advertisements in foreign countries to deter refugees from Turkey, Jordan and Lebanon. The Danish…
MoreUN praise for Denmark’s Africa policy
After suffering widespread criticism for its strict immigration and migrant policy, Denmark has been praised by the United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) for its continuing support of refugee crises in Mali, the…
MoreBlood flows as zoo dissects lion
Odense Zoo went ahead with the public dissection of a year-old male lion, Thursday, despite massive criticism and online protests. More than 130,000 people had signed a petition urging the zoo to halt the dissection…
MorePrivate companies eager to do police work
Private security companies have called for police work that doesn’t require any specific training to be privatised. Kasper Skov-Mikkelsen, head of the SikkerhedsBranchen (Security Industry), the trade organisation for Danish security companies,…
MorePM hands out money ahead of summit
Ahead of today’s EU refugee summit in Brussels, Prime Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen has already earmarked DKK140m of the extra DKK750m grant Denmark has promised to help alleviate the migrant crisis. In a…
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