The Week That Was, May 5th – May 12th 2019
Politics/Economy: Election 2019: After months of speculation Prime Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen finally named the date for the general election – Constitution Day, June 5th. As the election campaign got underway a new…
Nord Stream appeals against agency’s ‘3rd route’ option
Nord Stream 2 AG, the company established for planning, construction and operation of the Nord Stream 2 pipeline, has launched an appeal against the Danish Energy Agency’s (DEA) request for a third route option through Danish territorial waters,…
The Week That Was, March 25th – March 31st 2019
Politics/Economy: The latest Megafon poll for TV2 showed the ‘red’ bloc parties – the Social Democrats, Red/Greens, Socialist People’s Party (SF) and Social Liberals (R) – would win 51.1% of the vote if…
Minister welcomes 20% fall in benefits recipients – ‘our policy is working’
123,800 jobless people received either basic welfare assistance, a re-training subsidy, or the controversial integration benefit in December, a 20% decrease since April 2016. Labour Minister Troels Lund Poulsen said it’s ‘incredibly positive’…
The Week That Was, March 4th – March 10th 2019
Politics/Economy: A weighted average of all recent opinion polls showed Prime Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen needs to encourage at least 64,000 voters to change sides to stand any chance of winning a new…
The Week That Was, February 11th – 17th 2019
Politics/Economy: Jens Stoltenberg praised Denmark for increasing defence spending and contributing to military missions around the world. Speaking at a meeting of allied defence ministers at NATO headquarters in Brussels, the NATO Secretary…
The Week That Was, February 4th – 10th 2019
Politics/Economy: An independent report into Denmark’s participation in foreign wars between 1993-2004 revealed that ahead of the government’s decision to go to war in Iraq in 2003, prime minister at the time Anders…
The Week That Was, December 9th – December 15th 2018
Politics/Economy: The Social Democrats’ put forward a wide range of tax proposals aimed at ‘squeezing the rich’ if they, as expected, regain power at next year’s election. The government is determined to go…
The Week That Was, November 26th – December 2nd 2018
Politics/Economy: The Social Democrats are hoping to make income tax an election campaign issue by proposing a ‘supertax’ on anyone earning more than DKK10m annually, which according to the party’s finance spokesman Benny…
The Week That Was, October 15th–21st 2018
Politics/Economy: Prime Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen said reports of gigantic tax fraud throughout Europe are a good reason for Denmark to join the EU banking union – treasury documents obtained by DR News…
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