Imam pleads for tolerance towards gay Muslims
Being a Muslim and homosexual at the same time is compatible. That was the message from a number of leading Danish Muslims ahead of an international conference that gets underway in Copenhagen today…
MoreStop the surveillance say Red/Greens
The Red/Green Alliance has called for a stop on all video surveillance of public places. According to security industry figures there are more than 350,000 surveillance cameras in use throughout the country today,…
MoreGovernment’s export push
The Danish government has pinpointed 30 successful companies to be part of an ‘export canon’ aimed at inspiring other companies to focus on exports. Denmark already has number of ‘canons’ – culture, democracy,…
MoreProfit for SAS but….
SAS CEO Rickard Gustafson said the struggling airline is on the right track after reporting a Q3 net profit of $128m but stressed that there’s still a long way to go. He said…
MoreCopenhagen wins new climate award
Copenhagen was one of ten winning cities honoured for excellence in urban sustainability and leadership in the fight against climate change at the Siemens City Climate Leadership Awards announced in London this week. The…
MorePM backs western intervention in Syria
Ahead of her meeting with USA’s President Barak Obama in Stockholm today, Prime Minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt reiterated her support for western intervention in Syria. She said the Danish government is now convinced that…
MorePM will ask Obama about alleged surveillance
Prime Minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt will be pushing President Obama for a response to the US surveillance scandal in Brussels when the two meet in Stockholm today – but only on behalf of the…
MoreDid US monitor Danish citizens?
A political majority, independent of the coalition parties, is pushing for an investigation into whether the USA has covertly monitored Danish citizens. Parties to both the left and right have criticised Justice Minister…
MoreSyrians dominate asylum statistics
One in four of all refugees currently seeking asylum in this country is from Syria. New Danish Immigrations Service statistics show that 732 Syrian nationals have applied for asylum since the start of…
MoreRejected asylum seekers leave Denmark in record numbers
A record number of asylum seekers have returned home this year, new National Police figures show – 1,030 during the first seven months compared to 565 all of last year and 618 in…
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