No arms for insurgents says Fogh
NATO has no intention of arming Libyan insurgents. As the military alliance assumed control of the military operation, Thursday, Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen rejected British and American speculation about supplying weapons to…
More39 missions, 102 bombs
Danish F-16 fighter jets have flown 39 missions over Libya since hostilities started over a week ago and dropped 102 bombs, according to Air Tactical Command. Lieutenant Colonel H.H. Jensen from NATO’s Air…
MoreLene welcomes Libya defections
Minister of Foreign Affairs Lene Espersen said yesterday she was pleased to see some of Muammar Gadaffi’s closest aides defecting, but stressed that they should still be prosecuted it they’ve committed criminal acts….
MoreNo soldiers on cargo ships
Minister of Defence Gitte Lillelund Bech gave shipowners a straight answer yesterday: Danish soldiers will not be placed on cargo ships to offer protection against heavily-armed pirates, but shipping lines could be allowed…
MoreKoran supersedes equal rights legislation
Muslim children who attend Koran schools in Denmark are taught to ignore equal rights for men and women and abide by Sharia legislation stating that women should be ‘obedient and chaste’, Muslim men…
MoreImmigrant pupils two years behind
Immigrant schoolchildren continue to perform far worse than their Danish counterparts. A new ‘PISA Ethnic’ comparison of ‘the competencies of ethnically Danish and ethnically non-Danish school pupils’ shows that children of immigrant origin…
MoreGang leader avoids deportation
The Social Democrats have asked Minister of Justice Lars Barfoed for an explanation as to how a notorious criminal who isn’t a Danish citizen can be found guilty of serious crimes yet not…
MoreMan deported for making bomb threats
An Estonian man who made bomb threats on an SAS flight to Tokyo was given a three-month jail sentence by Copenhagen District Court yesterday, with deportation to follow. The man reportedly threatened both…
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