PM vows to defend democracy and Denmark
“We will forever defend democracy and Denmark” – the defiant words of Prime Minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt at a press conference, Sunday morning, in the wake of a day of shootings that left two…
MoreJustice Minister: More police on the streets
Justice Minister Mette Frederiksen warned of more police on the streets of Copenhagen over the next few weeks as the capital recovers from the weekend’s tragic events. At a Ministry of State press…
MoreJewish securty guard ‘prevented a massacre’
The Jewish security guard assassinated at the main synagogue in central Copenhagen, Saturday evening, helped to avert a massacre, the head of the Jewish Community said yesterday. 37 year old Dan Uzan, shot…
MoreFilm director killed in cafe attack
The man killed during Saturday’s terror attack on a blasphemy seminar at Krudtønden Café in Østerbro was Danish film director and producer Finn Nørgaard, the Danish Film Institute has said. Mr Nørgaard, 55,…
MoreNetanyahu urges European Jews to ‘come home’ following Denmark attack
Benjamin Netanyahu repeated his calls for European Jews to return home to Israel after the Copenhagen shootings in which Jewish guard Dan Uzan was murdered outside a synagogue in addition to an earlier victim…
MoreHizb ut-Tahrir: Blame politicans, not Muslims
As sympathy and expressions of support streamed into Denmark from throughout the world, Sunday, the Islamist movement Hizb ut-Tahrir urged Muslims not to publicly distance themselves from the tragic events but to ‘put…
MoreCopenhagen shootings: Denmark pays price for Mohammed cartoons
It was always a case of not if, but when. What’s surprising is that it has taken this long for Denmark to be scarred by a fatal terror attack. From the BBC: In…
MorePM and Løkke neck and neck in election countdown
Prime Minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt and opposition leader Lars Løkke Rasmussen are heading into this year’s election virtually neck and neck. The latest Berlingske Barometer, which tracks all recent polls, shows that, for only…
MoreThe Week That Was, February 9th – February 15th, 2015
Politics/Economy The week ended in tragedy when Copenhagen police shot and killed a man early Sunday suspected of being behind two shootings, Saturday, which left one dead at a cafe and another at…
MoreGunman slain after day of terror in Copenhagen
Copenhagen police shot and killed a man early Sunday suspected of being behind two shootings, Saturday, which left one dead at a cafe and another at Copenhagen’s main synagogue. Police launched a massive…
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