LA urges government to help business sector
The Liberal Alliance (LA) has urged the government to drop plans to tax Danes stationed abroad. After a brief budget meeting with Finance Minister Bjarne Corydon, Wednesday morning, LA leader Anders Samuelsen said…
MoreDKK103m to help drug addicts
Backed by DKK103m of funding, Social Affairs Minister Karen Hækkerup has launched a drug rehabilitation programme aimed at reducing the recidivism rate for drug addicts. An average of five junkies die every week…
MoreMaersk stops transport to and from Iran
The Maersk Line, the world’s biggest shipping company, has stopped calling at Iranian ports as a result of sanctions against the country, claiming it wasn’t prepared to risk the reputational damage associated with…
MoreAirport attracts more travellers
2.1m passengers passed through Copenhagen Airport in September, a new record. The year to date figure shows that passenger traffic has risen by 3.1 per cent, mainly due to international and transit traffic….
MoreBudget: Finance Minister negotiates with left and right
As budget negotiations got underway, Tuesday, Finance Minister Bjarne Corydon declined to say whether he would prefer an agreement to the left with the Red/Green Alliance, or to the right with the Liberals,…
MoreVestager more powerful than Prime Minister
Helle Thorning-Schmidt may be Prime Minister but Minister for Economics and the Interior Margrethe Vestager is the government’s most powerful member. That’s the conclusion of a new analysis by internet news letter altinget.dk based…
MoreUS news show reports on the ‘strangest espionage story ever’
The Danish double agent story has become a hot news item in the USA. In a leading segment on ABC’s Nightly News show, newsreader Dianne Sawyer called it ‘one of the strangest spy…
More11 countries agree on ‘Tobin’ – without Denmark
Eleven euro zone countries agreed, Tuesday, to press ahead with the disputed tax on financial transactions, the so-called Tobin Tax. Despite not being part of the agreement, Minister for the Economy Margrethe Vestager…
MoreVilhelmsen victory will lead to cabinet re-shuffle
Annette Vilhelmsen will fire Tax Minister Thor Möger Pedersen if she becomes the new Socialist People’s PArty (SPP) leader. Although the race will first be decided on Saturday, Politiken reports that she has already made…
MoreYoung Danish Muslims at risk in Syria
Young Danish Muslims who travel to Syria to fight for the rebels against President Assad risk becoming so radicalised that they will present a significant risk to Denmark when they return, according to…
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