PET warns of ISIS recruitment threat
Danish Intelligence (PET) fears that the ISIS offensive in Iraq will encourage more young Danish Muslims to return to the Middle East and sign up to fight jihad. At a Copenhagen seminar arranged…
MoreDevelopment Minister in Iraq
Trade & Development Minister Mogens Jensen characterised the growing humanitarian crisis in Iraq as ’deeply concerning’ during a visit to the war-torn country, Monday. Denmark has given an extra aid grant of DKK20m…
MoreLast consignment of Syria’s chemical arsenal loaded onto Danish ship
The remaining 100 tonnes of toxic material that Syria has declared to the global chemical weapons watchdog, the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW), were loaded aboard the Danish ship Ark…
MoreCorydon promotes growth agenda
Finance Minister Bjarne Corydon, often accused of promoting a more liberal than social democrat economic policy, is ready to encourage more pro-business initiatives. In an interview with financial daily Børsen today he warns…
MorePoliticians were unaware of snooping law
Party spokespersons now claim they were unaware that they were giving Military Intelligence (FE) the authority to monitor private citizens’ electronic data and pass it on to a third party, such as the…
MoreThe facts about Mr & Mrs Jensen
The average Dane is called Peter or Anne, is 40.9 years old, lives longer than ever before , but is also more likely to get divorced – some of the facts about Danish…
MoreTwo new UN heritage sites for Denmark
Environment Minister Kirsten Brosbøl called it a ‘great day for Denmark’ after the Jutland Wadden Sea and Stevns Cliff in Zealand were added to UNESCO’s prestigious list of world heritage sites, Monday. She…
MorePussy Riot to Roskilde
Revellers at the Roskilde Festival that gets underway next week will have the opportunity to meet two former members of the world-famous Russian activist group, Pussy Riot. Nadya Tolokonnikova and Masha Alyokhina will-give…
MoreNSA pushed for closer links to Danish Intelligence
New documents leaked by American whistleblower Edward Snowden indicate that the US intelligence agency, NSA, is looking to establish closer links with its Danish counterpart, FE (Danish Military Intelligence) and pinpoints the new…
MoreWise men: External factors, not government policy, are fuelling recovery
Leading economists agree that Denmark is emerging from the crisis – but not because of the government’s policies. After new figures showing consumer confidence is at its highest since 2007 and private spending…
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