Danish involvement in major heroin seizure in Afghanistan
A Danish police team was centrally involved in a headline drugs capture, reported Jyllands-Posten this week . Working closely with the Afghani police force and British soldiers, the training team confiscated some 27kg…
MoreEconomists support critique of colleagues in banking sector
The eminent economists, Torben Andersen and Christen Sørensen, have backed up the Social Democrats’, (S), allegations of political bias by economists in the banking sector. Tax spokesman, Nick Hækkerup, had suggested that economists…
MoreLøkke: What recession?
Prime Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen remains upbeat about the economy, despite new GDP figures showing that Denmark is now officially in a recession. After giving what commentators described as his most optimistic speech…
MoreParliament: The year that was
As parliament prepares for the summer recess, Politiken asked a number of leading MP’s for their view of the legislative year that’s coming to an end. Johannes Schmidt-Nielsen, policy spokeswoman for the far-left…
MoreGreen agenda slides to a halt
Prime Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen named ‘growth’ 36 times during his speech to parliament yesterday and ‘green’ just twice, a sign, according to left-wing daily Information, of how priorities have shifted since Denmark…
MoreHelle exploits tax loophole
Helle Thorning-Schmidt refused to respond to journalists’ questions yesterday about why she leases her car in Germany, thereby saving 6% in VAT – around 163 kroner every month. Although a parliamentary majority, including…
MoreDenmark losing out (again) in growth countries
Danish companies are lagging far behind in most of the world’s emerging growth companies. After it was revealed last week how Denmark is under-performing in the fast-growing BRIC countries (Brazil, Russia, India, China),…
MoreDemographic challenge
A decreasing number of ethnic Danes and a rapidly-growing immigrant population – that’s the integration challenge facing Denmark over the next few decades. In response to a new Statistics Denmark prognosis showing that…
MoreLA support for asylum kids
The Liberal Alliance has demanded better conditions for refugee children living in asylum centres as its price for supporting the government’s proposal to increase the penalties for criminality. The government won’t have a…
MoreEconomy slips back into recession
Danish GDP sank by 0.5% in Q1, as both private and public spending fell dramatically. It was expected that GDP would rise during the first three months after a dip of 0.2% in…
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