Mecca stampede
The Danish Foreign Ministry has confirmed that at least one Danish national was injured when Hajj pilgrims stampeded near the Islamic holy city of Mecca, early Thursday morning. The Ministry’s citizens’ service said the…
MoreForeign Ministry: Mobile ground-based radar to replace F-16s
The government has decided to supplement the Danish military contribution to the Global Coalition’s fight against the Islamic State (ISIL/Da’esh) by providing a mobile ground-based radar contribution along with technical and operational support…
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MoreLøkke welcomes ‘realistic’ migrant debate
There’s a ‘new realism’ about how to tackle the migrant crisis, Prime Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen said last night after the Brussels summit where European Union leaders pledged another €1bn (DKK7.5bn) to help…
MorePhotos reveal police used force against refugees
Danish Police have been praised throughout the world for showing restraint towards the thousands of refugee who crossed the Danish border last week. However, photo evidence obtained by left-wing daily Information, backed by…
MoreStøjberg tightens citizenship requirements
If a new proposal by Integration Minister Inger Støjberg is passed, anybody who’s applied for citizenship over the past 14 months, but hasn’t yet been approved, will need to re-apply even though they…
More‘Refugee Council believes asylum seekers are lying’
The Danish Refugee Council stands accused of rejecting asylum seekers without fully reviewing their applications. Following similar criticism from the UN, Helge Nørrung, head of the Association of Immigration Lawyers (Foreningen af Udlændingeretsadvokater)…
MorePolice charged again for crackdown on Tibet flag
Copenhagen Police are facing further legal action in the Tibet flag affair. After Tuesday’s High Court ruling that police illegally detained demonstrators during former Chinese President Hu Jintao’s state visit to Denmark of…
MoreDanske Bank sells off Baltic business
Danske Bank has agreed to sell its retail or personal customer business in Lithuania and Latvia to Swedbank, in a move that increase the lender’s focus on the Nordic region. Having been hit…
MoreVW Denmark awaits answers
Volkswagen’s Danish importer is still waiting for an official response from VW HQ in Wolfsburg as to whether vehicles sold in this country were fitted with software that gives a false picture of…
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