Posted on 08. Nov, 2013 in: News

Muslim poet creates stir in USA

18-year-old Aarhus poet Yahya Hassan’s rebellion against Islam and Muslims in this country has reached the USA. Hassan, the son of Palestinian immigrants who fled from Lebanon in the 1980’s, has sold 32,000…

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Posted on 08. Nov, 2013 in: News

Bankruptcies, foreclosures up

Just as the economy appeared to be showing signs of recovery two key indicators temper the growing optimism – the number of bankruptcies and home foreclosures rose in October compared to the same…

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Posted on 08. Nov, 2013 in: News

Low interest rates to continue but will outstrip ECB

Although borrowers in this country can still look forward to record-low interest over the next few year the Danish National Bank will gradually increase rates faster than the European Central Bank (ECB). Danske…

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Posted on 07. Nov, 2013 in: News

Ministers ordered to fall in line

Parliament’s Presidium has ordered the government to release all relevant documents regarding the controversial solar panel legislation. After a meeting of the Presidium, Wednesday, Speaker of the House Mogens Lykketoft said the government…

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Posted on 07. Nov, 2013 in: News

Fogh Rasmussen rejects Russia’s provocation accusations

NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen has rejected Russian claims that this week’s military exercise in the Baltic countries and Poland is intended as a provocation. The exercise, involving 6,000 soldiers from the…

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Posted on 07. Nov, 2013 in: News

Opposition parties’ patience with Løkke ‘wearing thin’

The opposition’s patience with Lars Løkke Rasmussen is wearing thin, according to Berlingske commentator Thomas Larsen who claims that even Liberal members are growing tired of the constant media focus on their leader’s…

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Posted on 07. Nov, 2013 in: News

Stop the Løkke witch-hunt says ally

The Liberals’ former finance minister, Lars Hjørt Frederiksen, has called for a stop to the ‘witch-hunt’ against party leader Lars Løkke Rasmussen. Mr Frederiksen, who was forced to physically intervene yesterday when journalists…

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Posted on 07. Nov, 2013 in: News

One in three councils employ foreign labour

Every third local authority building or renovation project involves German or East European labour. A new report by Denmark’s biggest trade union, 3F, shows that local councils invest over DKK17bn ($3.3bn) in infrastructure…

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Posted on 07. Nov, 2013 in: News

Union buys political influence

LO, The Danish Confederation of Trade Unions, an umbrella organisation for 18 trade unions in this country, has donated cash to some of Denmark’s biggest local councils in return for political influence. Odense…

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Posted on 07. Nov, 2013 in: News

Billions stashed away in tax shelters

Wealthy Danes have stashed away an estimated DKK100-150bn in foreign tax shelters abroad such as Switzerland and Luxembourg, according to Copenhagen University researcher Niels Johannesen. He said although much of the money is…

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