Compensation call for patients
Hospitals should be forced to pay compensation to patients whose appointment for surgery is cancelled and needs to be to be rescheduled, according to the Liberal Alliance (LA). Berlingske reports how 500 heart…
MoreUniversity reform bill ‘outdated’
Parties on both sides of the aisle are pushing to scrap the 2013 university education reform that put pressure on universities to reduce the average time of graduation by 4,3 months by 2019 –…
MoreGovernment was warned against controversial mortgage scheme
Top civil servants advised against state loans for social housing instead of private mortgages in a 2014 report but the government has ignored the warning and is determined to go ahead with the…
MoreCrisis in Sweden
Denmark’s close Nordic ally, Sweden, is in a political crisis that could lead to the downfall of the government in Stockholm. Prime Minister Stefan Löfven has called a 10am press conference today after…
MoreRed/Greens demand fair wage for au-pairs
Hiring foreign au-pairs to make food, look after children, and clean the house could soon be a thing of the past if it’s up to the Red/Greens. Although the latest figures show a…
MoreStop and search zones fail to stop crimewave
Nearly 150 ‘stop and search’ actions by Copenhagen Police in high-crime districts over the past week have led to the seizure of just one knife. The police implemented stop and search zones in…
MoreCrimewatch
Copenhagen Police have warned three suspected criminals that unless they give themselves up before 10am tomorrow (Friday) their names and images will be published in the press. The three are wanted for incidents…
MoreRetail sales continue to struggle
Shops continue to tread water. Retail sales fell marginally in June, the latest data from Statistics Denmark showed Wednesday. Retail sales fell a seasonally adjusted 0.1 percent month-over-month in June, after remaining flat…
MoreDollar weakened again
The US Dollar continues to evaporate in 2017 and weakened again overnight after the Federal Reserve announced yesterday it wouldn’t be increasing interest rates. Analysts warned that the dollar, down 8 percent this…
MoreDPP calls for Trump-like EU fence
The Danish People’s Party (DPP) has called for a barbed wire fence stretching all the way around Europe’s external border to protect countries from refugees and migrants. In a controversial blog posted Tuesday,…
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