Vestas blown back to 2004
Vestas shares were being traded at 65.65, Monday, the lowest rate since 2004. Shares in the wind energy giant topped at 692 in 2008 at the height of the ‘green boom’ but have…
MorePrime Minister in Portugal
On arrival in Portugal, Monday, Prime Minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt said it’s far too early too speculate about whether Denmark will participate in the new euro-pact and declined to comment about possible division within…
MoreDurban talks: How Connie Hedegaard got countries to agree on climate deal
Denmark’s EU Climate Commissioner Connie Hedegaard has been hailed as ‘the hero of the Durban Climate Conference’ by the British newspaper, The Guardian, who describe her as ‘the architect of the EU plan…
MoreLearning Danish doesn’t help job prospects
Mandatory Danish language lessons haven’t been successful in getting more non-western immigrants into the labour market. An extensive research project by the Danish Institute for Government Research, which monitored two groups of 700…
MoreCoalition division on euro pact
What’s the Danish government’s position on the fiscal pact agreed by 17 eurozone countries just before the weekend? The Social Democrats have remained quiet while Socialist People’s Party leader Villy Søvndal has expressed…
MoreGood news for Liberals after turbulent week
Voters would still like to see Lars Løkke Rasmussen back in the Prime Minister’s office even though his party has been tainted by the Taxgate affair. A new Gallup poll, conducted after the…
MoreSøvndal questions euro pact
Minister of Foreign Affairs, and Socialist People’s Party leader, Villy Søvndal has signalled potential conflict within the government by claiming that Denmark shouldn’t accept everything in the fiscal pact proposed by eurozone countries…
MoreClimate deal – good or bad?
The agreement that emerged from the UN Climate Conference in Durban, which for the first time ever commits all countries to cutting carbon emission, has split Danish politicians along party lines. The Liberals’…
MoreWas Sass Larsen departure staged by Thorning-Schmidt?
Prime Minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt was far more involved in the decision that close advisor Henrik Sass Larsen couldn’t become a cabinet minister than she’s previously chosen to reveal. According to Ekstra Bladet, Sunday,…
MoreMassive social fraud
Danes are guilty of widespread social security fraud that costs the state billions every year. According to a new report by KMD Analyse, ‘benefits chisellers’ cheat the system out of between DKK7m-12m every…
More