The 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…
MoreThe Week That Was, March 17th – March 23rd, 2014
Politics/Economy The Danish National Bank lowered its growth projection for 2014 to a maximum 1.4% this year, 0.1 percentage points down on last December’s forecast, but foresees 1.7% growth next year and 1.9%…
MoreThe Week That Was, March 10th – March 16th, 2014
Politics/Economy Around 100,000 voters have deserted the Liberals for the Danish People’s Party (DPP) since the 2011 general election, making the anti-immigrant party the former ruling party’s biggest competitor. Speaker of the House…
MoreThe Week That Was, March 3rd – March 9th, 2014
Politics/Economy Opposition leader Lars løkke Rasmussen dismissed EU migrant workers as ‘strawberry pickers’ who are only interested in claiming Danish social entitlements. He was later embarrassed by a report that the former Lib/Con…
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