LA calls for hospital transparency
The Liberal Alliance (LA) has urged the government to lay all its cards on the table regarding the drawn out saga of overpayment to private hospitals. After today’s news that a Finance Ministry…
MoreSAS -EgyptAir deal
SAS has agreed a so-called code share deal with EgyptAir on a number of routes between Europe and Africa. The agreement allows passengers from both airlines to travel ‘effectively’ with SAS from Brussels,…
MoreTurkey flatters Denmark in EU bid
Turkey believes that it can have all the legislative and constitutional requirements needed for EU membership in place by 2014 and hopes that the Danish EU presidency in 2012 will help to speed…
MoreDenmark no.1 in aid effectiveness
Denmark is named the world’s most effective humanitarian donor in a new independent international evaluation. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs welcomed the news as confirmation that the country’s re-vamped humanitarian strategy, launched in…
MoreDid Løkke know?
Prime Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen has been contradicted by a top civil servant from his time as Minister of Finance in the private hospitals affair. In 2009 the Ministry of Health expressed concern…
MoreMinister ’embarrassed on nation’s behalf’
‘A scandal’ – that’s the reaction of Minister of Education Tina Nedergaard after seeing business college students unable to work out simple 3rd-grade-level calculations in a revealing documentary, ‘Too Many Zeroes’. Ms Nedergaard…
MoreAsylum dispute
Denmark is involved in a new asylum dispute after a Sudanese man who applied for asylum on arrival in this country was sent back to Greece. The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR)…
MoreInvest in currency next year says bank
2011 could be a good year to invest in foreign currency – that’s the recommendation of the Danske Bank in its analysis of what themes will dominate the currency markets next year. According…
MoreSpam, spam, spam, spam
Denmark is amongst the most ‘spammed’ countries in the world and it’s going to get worse. The 2010 annual internet security report from Symantecs MessageLabs Intelligence puts Denmark at no.2 in the world…
MoreInterest rates up
Danish interest rates, slavishly following German rates upward, are at the highest level since the financial crisis ravaged Europe. 10 year government bonds are now being traded at 3.11 per cent, the highest…
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