Red/Greens demand breast-feeding rights
The Red/Green Alliance is demanding legislation that will give new mothers the right to breast feed their baby in cafes, restaurants, and other public places. The party’s health spokesperson, Stine Brix, said a…
MoreStudents should pay for tuition says opposition
The opposition has called on the government to appoint a new commission to consider the use of user fees for college and university students. The Liberals’ education spokesperson Esben Lunde Larsen said one…
MoreMass redundancies at hearing aid company
Danish hearing aid company Widex, the world’s seventh-biggest manufacturer of hearing aid products, is reportedly preparing to move production facilities to Latvia, making between 400-500 people redundant at its Helsinge and Vassingerød factories. Leading…
MoreSlight gains for coalition but opposition still on course for victory
All three coalition parties make gains in a new Gallup poll but the centre-right opposition would still win a convincing victory if an election was held today. The ruling Social Democrats top 20%,…
MoreWelfare state inhibits work, initiative
The comfort zone provided by the welfare state has had a debilitating effect on Danes’ work ethics, a new study by the right-leaning think-tank CEPOS shows. Project leader of the study, Casper Hunnerup…
MoreForeign specialists top earnings list
While East Europeans, Turks, and Pakistanis in this country often have to work hard to earn far less that what the average Dane earns, other groups of migrants, especially those from Western countries,…
MoreFew self-employed women in Denmark
Danish women are poor entrepreneurs. A new report by the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM) shows that comparative countries have far more self-employed women– Holland has twice as many and Sweden one and a…
MorePoverty on the rise
The official poverty level in Denmark, as defined by an expert government committee, shows clearly that the number of financially poor in this country has risen significantly over the past decade. At the…
MoreLoosening fiscal policy could be ‘problematic’ says Lykketoft
Speaker of the House, and former Social Democrat leader, Mogens Lykketoft has come out in support of beleaguered Finance Minister Bjarne Corydon who’s under mounting pressure from all sides to loosen the government’s…
MoreNovo denies tax avoidance
Confidential tax information showing that Novo Nordisk’s taxable income should be at least DKK22m higher than it has declared is a threat to the company’s high CSR (Corporate Social Responsibility) ranking, experts claim….
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