Ukraine Embassy vandalised
Vandals have smashed windows at the Ukrainian Embassy in Copenhagen and sprayed the walls with graffiti. The embassy’s chargé d.affaires, Andriv Biriuchenko said he suspected the attack was linked to the crisis between…
MoreFinance Minister presents 2015 budget: “The future looks bright”
Economic growth is improving and the situation isn’t as gloomy as just a few years ago, said Finance Minister Bjarne Corydon, Tuesday, as he presented the government’s draft budget for 2015. He said…
MoreLøkke: Government gambling with the economy
The government is gambling with the economy, opposition leader Lars Løkke Rasmussen said yesterday in response to the 2015 draft budget that, if passed, would push the deficit towards the European Union ceiling…
MoreBusiness leaders criticise budget
Business leaders predict the government’s draft budget for 2015, published Tuesday, won’t be sufficient to sustain the fragile economic upswing. Head of the Danish Construction Association, Lars Storr-Hansen, expressed concern that the transition…
MoreInformation: Budget agreement will redefine Danish politics
The government’s draft budget signals a new era in Danish politics as the centre-left coalition targets an agreement with its traditional allies on the left – the Socialist People’s Party (SPP) and the…
MoreEconomic Survey 2014: Reforms have created growth and jobs says Minister
Denmark is definitely emerging from the economic crisis, Minister for the Economy Margrethe Vestager claimed yesterday as she presented the government’s Economic Survey 2014, shortly after Finance Minister Bjarne Corydon laid out the…
MoreEU social democrats turn away from Thorning
European social democrats are ready to drop Prime Minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt as a candidate for President of the European Council because she’s ‘too liberal’, according to acknowledged German news service Spiegel Online whose sources…
MoreGovernment expects fewer asylum seekers despite global refugee problems
Despite the EU’s plea to Denmark to accept more refugees the government expects a drop in asylum seekers next year. Although Justice Minister stated last week that at least 10,000 asylum seekers will have…
MoreAssad in danger from Islamic State says ambassador
The Syrian regime, led by President Assad, has played an integral role in the rise of the Islamic State’s (IS) in the region but is now itself at danger from the brutal jihadists,…
MoreFinance Minister offers budget sweeteners to left-wing support parties
Finance minister Bjarne Corydon has dangled a multi-billion carrot in front of the Socialist People’s Party (SPP) and the Red/Green Alliance. If the two-left wing parties, the government’s guarantor of a parliamentary majority,…
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