Raise taxes say local Social Democrats
Local Social Democrats would support an increase in property taxes, even though the official party line is that homeowners wouldn’t suffer if the opposition gains power at the next election. A new Ritzau…
MoreFree Press boss to face racism rap again
Last month’s lower court acquittal of Head of the Free Press Society Lars Hedegaard is to be tested in the High Court. Mr Hedegaard was charged with racism after claiming in an interview…
MoreImmigrant women ask for help
More and more young immigrant women are asking crisis shelters for help to escape from their families’ demands and expectations. 780 women from ethnic minorities contacted a shelter last year, compared to 480…
MoreAnger at pirates’ release
You might be in possession of rocket launchers, automatic rifles, ladders, grappling hooks, and even hostages, but that doesn’t automatically make you a pirate – at least not according to the Danish authorities…
MoreInvestors will be very wary after Amager Bank collapse
The latest state-financed financial aid package for the banking sector introduced last year could be extremely damaging for the Danish economy, a number of international experts have warned. ‘Bank Package 3’ guarantees customers…
MoreGrowth but no jobs
Major Danish companies such as Vestas and Coloplast have been praised for cutting costs during the crisis, enabling them to publish impressive year-end accounts, but experts fear that the 200,000 jobs that have…
MoreNo education – more medicine
Education is good for your health. A new Economic Council of the Labour Movement (AE) survey reveals that over a lifetime, an unskilled, manual worker will take 20% more prescription prescribed medicine or…
MoreThe economy: A left-right cocktail would be best
A third of all voters are unable to choose between the government’s and opposition’s economic policies and would prefer a combination of both, a new Gallup survey shows. Morten Østergaard, deputy leader of…
MoreThe world’s most mentally worn out
More people in Denmark leave the labour market because they are mentally worn out than any other country in the world, a new OECD report shows. Half of all those granted a disability…
MoreConservatives hit rock bottom
Support for the Conservatives continues to plummet despite the change around at the top. At just 4.9% in a new Voxmeter poll for news agency Ritzau, the party has the second-lowest level of…
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