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‘Red’ support for tax increase – Porcelain thief gets 12 months – Catastrophes abroad will lead to price hike for clothing The opposition’s plan to bridge the deficit gap by raising an extra…
MoreDenmark won’t withdraw from UN convention
Neither the government nor the ruling Liberal Party has any intention of pulling Denmark out of a UN Convention, according to MEP and former Liberal Party policy spokesman Jens Rohde. In the wake…
MoreLabour market hits new low
The labour market crisis is far from over. Statistics Denmark’s latest Labour Market Research shows that employment figures fell by 12,000 during the final quarter of 2010 as the encouraging signs of a…
MoreDPP MP’s plea for religious tolerance
The Danish People’s Party has called for an end to Muslim aggravation in Copenhagen. Foreign affairs spokesman, Søren Espersen, said Jews can’t walk the streets wearing a yarmulke or Star of David without…
MoreNew terror threat against Sweden
Al-Qaeda has threatened Sweden with new acts of terror if the country doesn’t change it’s attitude towards Islam. The pro al-Qaeda magazine Inspire writes that after the Stockholm bombing in December ‘It’s time…
MoreSnap opt-out referendum if left gains power?
If Social Democrat leader Helle Thorning-Schmidt becomes Prime Minister before summer she will come under strong pressure from the Socialist People’s Party (SPP) and Social Liberals to hold an immediate EU referendum on…
MoreDon’t follow Sweden say Liberals
Denmark would suffer higher interest rates if the government abandoned its fixed exchange rate policy, the ruling Liberal party warned yesterday. After the Danish People’s Party’s MEP Morten Messerschmidt said Sweden has performed…
MoreConnie demands more CO2 reduction
EU Climate Commissioner Connie Hedegaard still wants to see the EU’s 2020 carbon emission reduction target raised to 30%. Although data in a yet to be published EU Commission report suggests that the…
MoreRumanian criminals well organised
Many small-time Rumanian criminals who come to Denmark to carry out thefts and break ins are are often part of a larger, well-organised ring. According to the police, many are provided with housing…
MoreNicaragua says no thanks to Danish aid
A dispute about human rights and democracy between Denmark and Nicaragua has led to the Central American country rejecting DKK100m in foreign aid. Socialist President Daniel Ortega has refused to accept stipulations that…
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