Personal liberties have been reduced
Civil liberties have been seriously challenged during the past ten years of the Lib/Con coalition. The right-leaning think tank Cepos claim that more rules, more bureaucracy, and more public surveillance have led to…
MoreNew Libya mandate during first 100 days says PM
Prime Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen has vowed to bring Danish fighter jets home from Libya before Christmas. In an interview with Politiken he said a new, cross-party, Libya strategy and the smooth withdrawal…
MoreNondescript Lars Løkke
Denmark’s Prime Minister is dismissed as an ‘an unremarkable’ character in the latest edition of The Economist, ‘…who only got the job because his predecessor left to become head of NATO’. The respected…
MoreChange tomorrow?
Get the lowdown on tomorrow’s election in University Post journalist Anna Meera Gaonkar’s excellent summary of last week’s 7.59 election briefing: http://universitypost.dk/article/danish-election-will-change-everything And while you’re there – 41 reasons why Danes are so…
MoreNo confidence in exports
Companies have reduced their expectations for the only bright spot of the Danish economy – exports. A new survey of 663 top business leaders paints a grim picture of export possibilities. In the…
MoreKabul attacks won’t change transition policy says Fogh
NATO Secretary General, and former Danish PM, Anders Fogh Rasmussen vowed last night that the Taliban attacks on Kabul wouldn’t derail the transition process: See Reuters report: http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/09/13/us-afghanistan-nato-attacks-idUSTRE78C2ON20110913
MoreEU delays border control plans until after election
The EU Commission has delayed the release of its proposal for new border control legislation until the day after the Danish general election. The proposal should have been presented today in Strasbourg today…
MorePia K: Something rotten at the EU
Danish People’s Party leader Pia Kjærsgaard is in ‘no doubt’ that the EU Commission has postponed the release of its new border control proposal because of the Danish election and urged the Prime…
MoreKabul embassies under attack
NATO headquarters, the US Embassy and other diplomatic missions in the centre of Kabul have come under attack from Taleban rebels. According to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Danish Embassy has been…
MoreEvictions on the rise – families on the street
Social Minister has acknowledged that more and more people are being thrown out of their own homes because they can’t afford to pay the rent. Ms Kjær claimed last year that the number…
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