The Week That Was, June 10th – June 15th, 2014
Politics/Economy During parliament’s closing debate before the summer recess, Tuesday, Prime Minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt said Denmark is definitely making economic progress and has emerged from years of financial instability Opposition leader Lars Løkke…
MoreThe Week That Was, May 26th – June 1st 2014
Politics/Economy Troubled Liberal leader Lars Løkke Rasmussen came under increasing pressure to step down in the wake of the party’s disastrous EU election – some analysts predicted that Mr Rasmussen’s expenses problems, coupled…
MoreThe Week That Was, May 19th – May 25th, 2014
Politics/Economy Under-fire leader Lars Løkke Rasmussen was given a unanimous show of support by the Liberals’ executive committee at a crisis meeting in Copenhagen after yet another expenses controversy – tabloid daily Ekstra…
MoreThe Week That Was, May 12th – May 18th, 2014
Politics/Economy Former prime minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen’s became entangled in yet another expenses controversy after it was revealed that he bought clothing and shoes for DKK152,000, paid for by the party’s national committee….
MoreThe Week That Was, May 5th – May 11th, 2014
Politics/Economy The government’s new, DKK10bn stimulus package, containing 89 initiatives aimed at giving Denmark’s GDP an annual DKK6b boost was dismissed as ‘lacking ambition’ and ‘hocus-pocus economics’ by the Liberals, while a leading…
MoreThe Week That Was, April 28th – May 2nd, 2014
Politics/Economy Prime Minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt was forced to cut short her May 1st speech in Fælledparken after being drowned out by activists with whistles, foghorns, and even trumpets. The Red/Greens’ Johanne Schmidt-Nielsen spent…
MoreThe Week That Was, April 22nd – April 27th, 2014
Politics/Economy A new poll projected a comfortable 57.5% – 42.5% victory for the opposition over the government alliance at the next election – the Danish People’s Party is now Denmark’s second most popular…
MoreThe Week That Was, April 7th – April 13th, 2014
Politics/Economy A new poll showed that nearly half of the electorate would prefer an alternative prime minister to the current incumbent, Helle Thorning-Schmidt, or opposition leader Lars Løkke Rasmussen. Another poll showed that…
MoreThe Week That Was, March 31st – April 6th, 2014
Politics/Economy Prime Minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt vowed to lead the Social Democrats into the next election despite internal dissent from a number of local constituency chairmen who claim the party would have a greater…
MoreThe Week That Was, March 24th – March 30th, 2014
Politics/Economy Denmark’s biggest financial institution, Danske Bank, predicted economic growth of 1.5 per cent this year, rising to 2 per cent in 2015, boosted by a combination of increased consumer spending at home…
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