Denmark has world’s biggest public sector
Lars Løkke Rasmussen denied yesterday that the government’s policy of zero public growth has collapsed, even though the public sector will spend DKK5bn more this year than calculated. After Minister of Finance Claus…
MoreGovernment outspends Social Democrats.
It’s ‘problematic’ that the government hasn’t been able to keep a tighter rein on public expenditure and has actually spent twice as much money as planned, the head of the right-leaning think tank…
MoreYes, we can compete
The government’s latest Economic Review, presented by Minister of Finance Claus Hjort Frederiksen, Monday, reveals that Danish companies have performed a ‘minor miracle’ over the past 18 months in the form of a…
MoreDenmark left out of fight against human trafficking
A new EU proposal to combat human trafficking will have no effect on Denmark. As the EU parliament prepares to adopt a directive from the EU Commission aimed at stopping the flow of…
MoreNo backing for anti-terror aid proposal
The government has backed down from its efforts to tighten the rules for aid organisations operating in developing countries. A political majority at Christiansborg is against a proposal demanding that aid organisations provide…
MoreCap on growth = cutbacks say Soc Dems
Zero public sector growth equals more cutbacks in welfare according to the political opposition. After the ruling Liberal Party’s Jacob Jensen suggested that public expenditure should be capped for the next decade (7.59…
MoreCan Løkke be sued?
As if Prime Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen didn’t have enough problems, the Supreme Court will rule today as to whether a group of 28 Danes have the legal right to sue him for…
MoreMore border control
The Tax & Customs department is to strengthen its border control of Southern Denmark next year. In response to an appeal from the police, head of the Southern Denmark tax region, Steen de…
MorePass the weinerbrød
The average Dane is getting fatter and fatter. A new height and weight survey of 4,000 families by the Rockwool Foundation shows that obesity levels have risen dramatically over the past twenty years….
MoreStockholm bomber was a hopeless amateur says ex-intelligence chief
The suicide bomber who blew himself to pieces in the Stockholm terror attack, Saturday, was a ‘lone’ wolf’ according to the former head of Danish Intelligence (PET). Hans Jørgen Bonnichsen said the likelihood…
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