Youth woes
Young people are also pessimistic about their prospects in the New Year. A new survey of 16-25 year olds shows that one in three is ‘concerned’ or ‘very concerned’ about unemployment and one…
MoreNew Year smiles on stock market
Copenhagen Stock exchange – and especially SAS – got off to a flying start on the year’s first day of trading as the trend-setting C20 index rose by 0.9%. The struggling airline surprisingly…
MorePirates for prosecution
Pirates who attack Danish ships could in the future be tried in a Danish courtroom. Six Somali pirates currently detained on board the frigate ‘Esbjern Snare’ have been remanded in custody ‘in-absentia’ by…
MoreWelfare under threat
The government’s proposal to scrap the early retirement scheme, efterløn, is only the start of an assault on Denmark’s cherished welfare system, leading economists claim. Head of the so-called wise men of the…
MoreHelicopters will arrive too late
A much needed fleet of helicopters will arrive in the Helmand province of Afghanistan around 2013 or 2014 – just as Danish troops are being withdrawn, according to the government’s latest timetable. The…
MoreEarly retirement divides opposition
The political hot potato of early retirement has also divided the opposition. Social Liberal leader Margrethe Vestergaard has warned that her party would be unable to join a centre-left coalition unless scrapping the…
MoreLøkke and Thorning clash in TV debate
Prime Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen launched a full-frontal attack on the opposition’s economic plan during a fiery New Year’s Day TV debate with his opponent, Social Democrat leader Helle Thorning-Schmidt. The PM said…
MoreScrapping early retirement will rescue welfare says PM
Despite numerous assurances to the contrary, the government is now preparing to scrap the much-discussed early retirement scheme, efterløn. In his New Year speech to the nation, Prime Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen stressed…
MoreVoters can reject pension reform if they want, says Løkke
Prime Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen has denied reneging on a political promise by announcing plans to scrap the early retirement scheme. However, in an interview with Jyllands-Posten today he admits that the government’s…
MoreEmbassy burning: What did the government know?
Was the Danish government aware of Syria’s role in the burning of the Danish embassy in Damascus in 2006? The Danish People’s Party (DPP) is now demanding answers as to who knew what…
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