Wanted: 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…
MoreSøvndal has failed Danish activist say experts
Experts claim that Foreign Minister Villy Søvndal has failed in his duty by refusing to come to the aid of the Danish Greenpeace activist jailed in Russia. According to Supreme Court lawyer Nicholas…
MoreLocal pols distance themselves from the boss
Lars Løkke Rasmussen has been given the cold shoulder by Liberal candidates standing in the upcoming municipal elections. A new survey reveals that just one in seven councillors up for election are using…
MoreProbe into Tax Minister’s genorosity
The Public Auditor’s Office is to launch an investigation into whether Tax Minister Holger K. Nielsen broke the law when he gave his closest advisor a DKK469,350 ‘golden handshake’. Both the Liberals and…
MoreBan Ki-moon in Copenhagen next week
The UN Secretary General will be the keynote speaker at the third Global Green Growth Forum (3GF) and will also open the Copenhagen Climate Finance Meeting in UN City, to be held 22nd/23rd…
MoreNew climate award for Denmark
Denmark is to receive the Gift to the Earth award, the World Wildlife Foundation’s (WWF) highest accolade, for ‘having the world’s most ambitious climate and energy goals and for a long-standing tradition of…
More‘Big Mouth’ implicated in two Danish hi-jackings
Somali pirate kingpin Mohamed Abdi Hassan is suspected of being involved in the hi-jacking of two Danish ships. Abdi Hassan, also known as ‘Afweyne’ or ‘Big Mouth’, was detained when he arrived at Brussels…
MoreResidents Association advised by militant Muslims
A local Residents Association in Kokkedal, north of Copenhagen, which became embroiled in controversy last December by refusing to put up a Christmas Tree and decorations out of consideration for local Muslims, was…
MoreIllegal ‘golden handshake’ for Tax Minister’s advisor?
Did Tax Minister Holger K. Nielsen break the law by giving his former spin doctor a ‘golden handshake’ of nearly half a million kroner? That’s the question being asked after left-wing daily Information…
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