Chinese company hired illegal workers
Chinese telecom giant Huawei has employed illegal foreign manpower to set up and operate TDC’s mobile phone network. A number of employees have confirmed allegations made by news programme ‘DR2 Investigates’ last week…
MoreThe Week That Was, April 20th – April 26th, 2015
Politics/Economy A new poll for DR News showed the gap between the two opposing blocs hasn’t shrunk since March and the opposition remains on course for victory. Another poll showed that Lars Løkke…
MoreThorning promises help for refugees but Danish politicians criticise new EU agreement
Prime Minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt promised that Denmark will do whatever it can to help after European Union leaders agreed to triple the funding for their search and rescue operation for migrants who cross…
MoreNew poll: ‘Red’ momentum slows
The government alliance’s momentum appears to have ground to a halt. All recent polls have indicated a comeback for Prime Minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt after she appeared to be down and out, but a…
MoreExpert: Liberals are wrong – Danish development aid is world class
The Liberals’ claim that a great deal of Danish development aid has been wasted is completely unfounded, an expert said yesterday pointing to studies that show exactly the opposite. After the party’s aid…
MoreAsylum figures remain stable
457 people sought asylum in Denmark in March, virtually the same figure for the corresponding month last year, the latest Danish Immigration Service figures show. During the year’s first quarter, the total number…
MoreTerrorist’s accomplices in court
Five accomplices of slain terrorist Omar Abdel Hamid El-Hussein were again remanded in custody by Copenhagen District Court yesterday. Although the February attack that resulted in the deaths of two civilians has been…
More300% hike in Romanian crime
More and more Romanians are committing crime in this country, leading to renewed calls for tighter border controls. A new police report shows that 10,700 Romanian nationals were charged in 2014, a 300…
MoreDenmark no longer ’world’s happiest’
Danes aren’t as happy as they have been. Denmark has dropped from 1st place to third on the 2015 World Happiness Report, released Thursday. Switzerland topped the list of the happiest nations, and…
MoreArctic Council meeting today
Minister of Foreign Affairs Martin Lidegaard, alongside Prime Minister of the Faroe Islands, Kaj Leo Holm Johannesen and Greenland’s Minister for Industry, Labour, Trade and Foreign Affairs, Vittus Qujaukitsoq, will participate in the…
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