Social benefits higher than the rest of Scandinavia
Generous Danish social benefits, considerably higher than in neighbouring Nordic countries, lock recipients into a cycle of dependency according to both the Danish Employers’ Association (DA) and the right-leaning think-tank CEPOS. In response…
MoreWar criminal disappears without trace
Although an ex-Iraqi army officer, and alleged war criminal, who disappeared from house arrest in Denmark ten years ago is still wanted by the Public Prosecutor for International Crimes, the authorities appear to…
MoreSuspected terrorist has anti-Semitic views
A 22-year-old Jordanian national, one of three young Middle East arrested in Copenhagen, Friday, on suspicion of planning a terrorist act, has expressed strong anti-Semitic views and sympathy for the al-Qeada terror network….
MoreDanish hunger-striker force-fed
Danish-Bahraini national Abdullah al-Khawaji, who’s been on a hunger strike for over 80 days, claims he’s been force-fed by the Bahrain authorities. A spokesman for the Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs said the…
MoreDoctors demand more expensive cigarettes
In the wake of the government’s minor amendments to smoking legislation, dismissed as ‘insufficient’ by the Danish Cancer Association, the Danish Medical Associational (DMA) has published its new tobacco policy, calling for a…
MoreDanes drink more than Greenlanders
The traditional Danish view that virtually everybody from Greenland is an alcoholic has been challenged by new figures showing that Danes actually drink more. According to the National Board of Health, every Dane…
MorePirates face Seychelles prosecution
Denmark has agreed a deal that will allow four alleged pirates detained on the Danish warship Absalon to be prosecuted in the Seychelles. 16 pirates have been held since the Absalon battled with…
MoreEgyptian ‘farewell intercourse’ proposal dismissed as ‘nonsense
A report that the Islam-dominated Egyptian parliament was considering a proposal that would allow a husband to have sex with his wife up to six hours after her death has been dismissed as…
MoreNew poll: Socialists recover but government still in minority
The Socialist People’s Party appears to have stopped its downward slide. After a winter of disastrous opinion polls, when it sank to just 5.6 per cent, the lowest level of support ever, a…
MoreNovo backs extreme right lobbyists in USA
Pharmaceutical giant Novo Nordisk continues to provide financial backing for the controversial, political organisation ALEC in the USA, which funds right-wing issues such as the right to kill in self-defence, the abolishment of…
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