New Mohammed cartoons controversy
Dutch anti-Islam politician Geert Wilders has said he will show the controversial Danish Mohammed cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad on TV during a party political broadcast, the BBC reports. The cartoons ignited riots…
MoreNew government could scale back ‘green’ ambitions
Denmark’s reputation as a world leader in alternative energy will come under threat if there’s a new government after this year’s election. The Liberals and its two biggest support parties agree that it’s…
MoreGreat Britain looks to Denmark for support in EU negotiations
The EU-sceptic Danish People’s Party (DPP) could become a key ally for British prime minister David Cameron on his mission to re-negotiate his country’s EU membership terms, the Daily Telegraph reports in an…
MoreNude Danish ‘cowboy’ creates a stir abroad
Campaign posters plastered throughout Copenhagen of a candidate in the election wearing nothing but a cowboy hat and a gun holster have caused a stir in foreign media. 51-year-old John Erik Wagner of…
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Exports to Thailand up/Danish companies head for Chile/Vietnam award for ambassador Thailand: Danish exports to Thailand rose by 56% in the first quarter of this year, compared to the same period in 2014,…
MoreElection 2015: ‘Red’ Johanne is most popular leader – by far
The Red/Greens’ Johanne Schmidt Nielsen, who would have been forced to leave parliament because of internal party rotation rules if the election hadn’t been called before June 1st, is the most popular party…
MoreElection 2015: Opposition’s lead slashed
The opposition continues to maintain a very slight lead in the election race. The latest Epinion poll for DR News shows, as all other polls, a virtual dead heat between the two sides,…
MoreElection 2015: Biggest voter shift since 1973
If the trend of the Epinion poll (above) is repeated at the general election it would signal the biggest voter swing since the ‘landslide’ election of 1973, when the ‘Progress Party’ (the forerunner…
MoreElection 2015: Løkke struggling in wake of Thorning comeback
Unless the opposition manages to stop its slide they’re heading for defeat, according to Berlingske’s political analyst Thomas Larsen who predicts that Prime Minister Helle Thorning-Schnidt is on the verge of a historic…
MoreDPP pushes for EU membership referendum
The EU-sceptic Danish People’s Party (DPP), which looks like holding the balance of power after the general election, is leading the push for a British-style referendum on EU membership. DPP leader leader Kristian…
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