Jobless Muslim rejects work involving pork, alcohol
The Danish People’s Party has asked Integration Minister Inger Støjberg to review the residency permit of an unemployed Muslim dentist who’s been denied social benefits because he refused to take any jobs involving…
MoreSell off depopulated islands says expert
An Aalborg University lecturer has sparked off a political and social outcry by urging the state to sell off tiny, de-populated Danish islands to rich foreigners, business people, or investment funds. According to…
MoreNewspaper accused of racial insensitivity
Left-leaning daily Politiken has been accused of racial insensitivity for publishing a graph rating famous Afro-American on a ‘scale of evil’. The London Metro newspaper reports how the graph has created a ‘shit…
MorePolice hunted innocent man for years
Danish police have for years tried to track down a Chilean man who’s registered as a criminal in this country, even though he’s never been outside Chile. Up until one week ago, 33-year…
MorePoppy seeds killed Danish backpacker in Australia
An Australian coroner has ruled that 26-year-old Dane Jonas Pedersen died from accidental morphine intoxication last year after brewing poppy heads from Tasmanian plantations in a cup of tea. From Australian Associated Press:…
MoreDONG disclosures could embarrass ex-finance minister
Full disclosure of all documents surrounding Goldman Sachs’ controversial purchase of a 19% ownership stake in the state-owned energy giant DONG could prove awkward for former Social Democrat finance minister Bjarne Corydon. The…
MoreExpert: Denmark needs to back Arctic claim with military muscle
Russia has now formally staked a claim to a vast area of the Arctic Ocean, including the North Pole – the question now, according to experts, is whether Denmark, which submitted an expanded…
MoreRussia ready for Arctic talks with Denmark
Russia and Denmark, representing Greenland, both want the North Pole and have submitted claims to the UN Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf, but according the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs it…
MoreIslamic State Dane jailed in Lebanon
A Danish national has been sentenced to three years in prison by a Lebanon court for fighting alongside the Islamic state in Syria. In an email to net media dagens.dk, lawyer Fawaz Zakaria,…
MoreMore EU opt-outs, not less says DPP
The Danish People’s Party (DPP) has called for more EU opt-outs. With a referendum on Denmark’s justice opt-out scheduled to be held before next July, and a parliamentary majority pushing for another soon…
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