The Week That Was, December 11th – 17th 2023:
Politics/Economy: The police arrested three people on suspicion of plotting to carry out an act of terror – Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu claimed the suspects were acting on behalf of the Palestinian…
MoreThe Week That Was, December 4th – 9th 2023:
Politics/Economy: Minister for Digital Government and Gender Equality Mia Wagner quit the government just two weeks after being appointed– she was replaced by Marie Bjerre, who made way for the TV personality in…
MoreThe Week That Was, November 27th – October 3rd 2023
Politics/Economy: The government presented its 2024 budget, Monday, with the backing of 11 out of 12 parliamentary parties – Finance Minister Nikolaj Wammen laid out a number of new welfare initiatives, including DKK695m…
MoreThe Week That Was, November 20th – 26th 2023
Politics/Economy: Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen made a partial cabinet reshuffle following defence minister Jakob Ellemann-Jensen’s decision to quit politics – new Minister for Ecclesiastical Affairs Morten Dahlin vowed to crack down on all…
MoreThe Week That Was, November 13th – 19th 2023
Politics/Economy: Economic growth contracted for the second successive quarter, sending the economy into a ‘technical recession’ – the latest figures showed Danish Gross Domestic Product (GDP) dropped 0.3% in the third quarter. As…
MoreThe Week That Was, October 30th – November 5th 2023
Politics/Economy: The Public Prosecutor sensationally dropped the espionage charges against former defence minister, Claus Hjort Frederiksen, and ‘spy boss’ Lars Findsen, former head of the Defence Intelligence Agency – after Mr Hjort Frederiksen…
MoreThe Week That Was, October 16th – 22nd 2023
Politics/Economy: Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen said Denmark stands ’shoulder to shoulder’ with Sweden after two Swedish football fans were shot dead in a suspected Islamist terror attack in central Brussels – she condemned…
MoreThe Week That Was, October 9th-15th 2023
Politics/Economy: The Conservatives will not be supporting the government’s proposed framework for the independent legal inquiry into the Israeli arms affair – defence spokesperson Rasmus Jarlov said he has no confidence that the…
MoreThe Week That Was, October 2nd – October 8th 2023
Politics/Economy: Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen said the government’s current wave of unpopularity is ’completely normal’ after a new opinion poll showed only 36.4% of the electorate would vote for the coalition if an…
MoreThe Week That Was, September 25th – October 1st 2023
Politics/Economy: A new survey showed 65% of voters believe the government’s proposal for DKK5bn in tax relief is misguided and among Social Democrat voters the disparity is even greater – 82% don’t want…
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