US freedom award for Merkel
Obama praises German leader German chancellor Angela Merkel, who earlier this year presented Danish Mohammed illustrator Kurt Westergaard with a German Media Freedom Prize, has been awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by…
MoreAfghanistan – as long as it takes says Fogh
Summit to announce gradual pull out NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen has vowed that the military alliance will remain in Afghanistan ‘for as long as it takes’. As NATO leaders gather in…
MoreEmbassy uses apartment for surveillance
Covert activities across the road An apartment situated across the road from the US Embassy has been used for covert surveillance activities since 2004, with the full accept of Danish Intelligence (PET). A…
More12 billion to fight floods
Town Hall battles climate change Climate change threatens to leave major parts of Copenhagen underwater. After the floods that engulfed the capital in August, Copenhagen Town Hall has now earmarked DKK12bn to prevent…
MoreMore problems for Foreign Minister
Lene in more hot water Lene Espersen has become involved in even more controversy. After Travelgate and the overpayment to private hospitals affairs, her political credibility is challenged again by a million pound…
MoreFogh bows to Turkish pressure
Fogh tones down Iran criticism NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen has bowed to Turkish pressure by toning down criticism of Iran. The former Danish Prime Minster confirmed that Iran will not be…
MorePull-out to start next year
Swedish pull-out to start next year While Prime Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen continues to maintain that Denmark will remain in Afghanistan for as long as it takes, Sweden will start to withdraw its…
MoreSweden to leave Afghanistan
Swedish pull-out to start next year While Prime Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen continues to maintain that Denmark will remain in Afghanistan for as long as it takes, Sweden will start to withdraw its…
MoreDemocracy not the aim says PM
Løkke’s Afghanistan doubts Denmark is waging war in Afghanistan to prevent the spread of terror, not to introduce democracy. In a new book, In the Eye of the Hurricane – Conversations with Lars…
MorePrison guard bribed with sex
Biker gang supplied prostitute A former highly-placed prison guard has admitted that he had sex with a prostitute funded by criminal bikers. The 52-year-old man, a section leader at the Copenhagen prison Vestre…
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