Bishop worked for intelligence agencies
Former Bishop of Copenhagen Erik Normann Svendsen was part of an intelligence network that gathered information about Danish communists during the 1960’s. In an interview with Jyllands-Posten the Bishop, who performed the wedding…
MoreLøkke’s institute rocked by scandal
The Korea-based Global Green Institute (GGI), at the centre of the current travel expenditure scandal involving Liberal leader Lars Løkke Rasmussen, was rocked by a corruption scandal last year. South Korea’s Board of…
MoreGGGI scandal: Minister needs to come clean
The Liberals’ Søren Pind has urged Development Minister Christian Friis Bach to reveal everything he knows about the corruption scandal at the Global Green Institute (GGGI). Mr Pind, who’s spent the last week…
MoreNorway demands travel expenditure report
The travel expenditure scandal surrounding Lars Løkke Rasmussen continues to widen. As a major contributor to the Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI) Norway has now demanded a full report of the under-fire Liberal…
MoreDevelopment Minister praises Løkke
Beleaguered Lars Løkke Rasmussen has been given a show of support from an unexpected source – Development Aid Minister Christian Friis Bach. As the media and political storm continues to gain strength, Mr…
MoreDPP on EU Patent Court: Case closed
The Danish People’s Party (DPP) has no intention of backing down on the EU Patent Court issue. After the Social Democrats’ Henrik Sass Larsen said he still believed, and hoped, that the government…
MoreEU threatens legal action over missing water plan
The European Commission has threatened to take Denmark to court unless the government submits new plans for water legislation within two months. The Commission has waited for the plans, aimed at improving Denmark’s…
MoreNo incentive to work
The financial incentive for benefits recipients to take a low-paid job is often less than one thousand kroner per month, new figures from the right-leaning think-tank CEPOS show. And even in ten years’…
MoreWanted: Grey MP’s
The Danish Parliament has become a virtual ‘youth club’ and is lacking a few ‘older, wiser heads’. Newly-elected MP’s have become steadily younger since 1953 and the average age of the Danish parliament…
MoreSøvndal awaits Greenland’s ruling on uranium
Foreign Minister Vily Søvndal is waiting to see whether Greenland’s self-rule government allows the extraction of uranium in Greenland before getting involved in a potential dispute. A recent report commissioned by the Greenland…
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