Posted on 15. Aug, 2017 in: News

LA: Legalise cannabis to stop gang war

The Liberal Alliance has reignited the internal government dispute about legalised cannabis. Ahead of the Conservatives summer conference today LA has challenged the government’s official line by suggesting that legalizing recreational drugs could…

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Posted on 15. Aug, 2017 in: News

DPP wins back voters

The Danish People’s Party (DPP) is winning back lost voters from both the Social Democrats (S) and Liberals (V). A study of voter shifts by news site Altinget.DK shows that of the 140,000…

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Posted on 15. Aug, 2017 in: News

Political career beckons for ex-ambassador

Former US Ambassador to Denmark Rufus Gifford is planning to run for political office in the USA. Mr Gifford announced his decision on Facebook in an emotional response to the white supremacy rally…

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Posted on 15. Aug, 2017 in: News

Missing journalist: Danish submarine was ‘deliberately sunk’

Copenhagen Police believe the submarine at the centre of a manslaughter investigation was deliberately sunk. Missing Swedish journalist Kim Wall, 30, was last seen on Thursday evening on board the vessel with the…

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Posted on 15. Aug, 2017 in: News

Public over-estimates crime risk

50% of the Danish public over-estimate the extent of criminality in this country, a new report by the Justice Ministry’s Research Office shows. Although there are fewer reported criminal offences today than five…

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Posted on 15. Aug, 2017 in: News

Increased optimism about EU

A new EU survey shows Danes have become far more optimistic about the EU. The Eurobarometer study shows that the percentage of Danes who have a positive opinion of the EU has risen…

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Posted on 15. Aug, 2017 in: News

Maersk Oil accused of discharging dangerous chemicals

Maersk Oil, the oil wing of A.P. Moller-Maersk, has been reported to the police by the Danish Environmental Protection Agency (DEPA) for discharging chemicals into the North Sea in connection with oil production….

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Posted on 14. Aug, 2017 in: News

Government makes U-turn on tax

The government has abandoned its plan to cut the punitive top rate of income tax, one of its key issues. Liberal Alliance leader Anders Samuelsen, who before his party joined the coalition last…

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Posted on 14. Aug, 2017 in: News

LA’s tax flop

The Liberal Alliance’s tax-flop is the biggest U-turn in Danish politics ever, TV2’s political analyst Anders Langballe said last night, ‘but a big win for Danish People’s Party (DPP) leader Kristian Thulesen Dahl’….

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Posted on 14. Aug, 2017 in: News

Some good news for PM

The centre-right alliance would retain power if an election was held right now. As the new political season gets underway a new Gallup poll for Berlingske projects a seven-seat, 52.4%/47.3% majority for the…

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