Ex-minister criticises tax deserters
The Conservatives’ ‘Grand Old Man’ Per Stig Møller has lashed out at rich business people who desert Denmark to avoid the high rate of taxation. The former foreign minister and party leader called…
MoreExpensive service sector is bad for productivity
An under-performing, and very expensive, service sector is negatively impacting productivity levels in this country, the first report from the government-appointed Productivity Commission finds. Over the past twenty years, consumers have got less…
MoreRegulation hampers productivity says business organisation
Companies in Denmark are subjected to so much regulation that it’s seriously hampering productivity, MD of the Danish Chamber of Commerce, Jens Klarskov said last night in response to the first report from…
MoreLiberals push for home improvement scheme
With little progress being made in cross-party negotiations surrounding the proposed growth stimulus package, the Liberals have urged the government to pass the ‘home improvement’ scheme on its own. The party’s finance spokesman,…
MoreFinancially struggling airline SAS is also struggling with negative feedback from flyers
A new report reveals that the customer satisfaction index has dropped from 74 to 71 over the past few months, a long way under SAS’s own target of 74 for this year. Cabin…
MoreFogh Rasmussen to visit South Korea
NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen will travel to South Korea this week as tensions with the North continue to rise. The military alliance stressed that the trip was long-planned and not connected…
MoreNew man in London
The Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Denmark, Claus Grube, is to be Denamrk’s new ambassador to the UK From the Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs: The Danish Government has…
MoreDanish tributes to Iron Lady
Baroness Margaret Thatcher: 13.10.25 – 8.4.13 Leading Danish politicians were generous in their praise for former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, who passed away, Monday. Former Conservative leader Poul Schlüter, prime minister during…
MoreDenmark pulls multi-million aid to Iran
Denmark has stopped aid to Iran that’s being used to fund executions. Iran has for the past few years received DKK5m annually in anti-drugs assistance from Denmark, through joint programmes with other countries,…
MoreNew public information bill will lead to cover ups says union
The Danish Journalists Union (DJU) has expressed concern that a new public information bill will severely restrict investigative journalism and has urged politicians to take a stance. After 20 current and former cabinet…
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