Taxgate: Tax officials misled parliament
New e-mail evidence presented to the Tax Commission investigating the ‘Taxgate’ affair indicates that top tax officials willfully tried to mislead parliament’s ombudsman. The e-mail correspondence between the Copenhagen Tax Department and the…
MoreSPP leader warns of cautious budget
When the government’s budget for 2014 is published next week it won’t be a catalogue of new and expensive public-spending proposals, Socialist People’s Party leader Anette Vilhelmsen warned yesterday at the start of…
MoreThe Economist: ‘Hamburger Helle puts immigration back on the agenda’
Prime Minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt has been dubbed ’Hamburger Helle’ by the renowned British news magazine, The Economist, a reflection of the ongoing debate about the halal meat-only policy at some Copenhagen kindergartens and…
MoreTough times for self-employed
Since 2007 the number of new business start-ups in this country has fallen by 25 per cent, according to a new OECD report that reveals only entrepreneurs in struggling Spain have performed worse….
MoreFree tablets for crack addicts?
The National Board of Health has recommended that the controversial free heroin scheme should be extended to include crack addicts too. A Board spokesman said allowing doctors to prescribe heroin to needle addicts…
MoreBouyant housing market reflects consumer confidence
After six years of falling house prices confidence has finally returned to the property market. Mortgage lender Nykredit’s latest housing indicator shows that the percentage of consumers that expects ‘higher’ or ‘much higher’…
MoreDONG fires 400
State-run energy company DONG has announced plans to fire up to 400 workers over the next few weeks as part of a streamlining operation aimed at slashing costs by DKK300m next year. The…
MoreEgypt’s embassy attempts to influence media coverage
Egypt’s embassy in Copenhagen, claiming that news coverage of the troubles in its country has been too one-sided, has sent images and YouTube video clips to Danish media outlets showing members of the…
MoreNew poll: Government falls further behind
Despite signs that Denmark is slowly recovering, surveys showing voters have become more optimistic about the economy, and last week’s cabinet re-shuffle, a new poll shows the government has fallen even further behind…
MoreDPP nabs centrist voters
The Danish People’s Party (DPP) has ‘nabbed’ around 54,000 voters from the Social Democrats since 2011, which would translate into three extra parliamentary seats if the trend continues at the next election A…
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