Police throw refugee kids in prison
The police placed two Syrian families, and their six children, behind bars in September. After strongly denying the episode ever took place, South Jutland police, faced with video evidence, have now admitted that…
MoreMinister rejects call for ’refugee villages’
Local authorities, struggling to deal with housing thousands of refugees, have suggested setting up small, refugee villages to ease the pressure, but according to Social and Home Affairs Minister Karen Ellemann it’s a…
MoreNo asylum for Snowden says Løkke
The government won’t be supporting any move to offer US whistleblower Edward Snowden asylum in this country. After Alternative leader Uffe Elbæk warned during parliamentary question time, Tuesday, that he, alongside the Red/Greens,…
MoreBreakthrough in multi-billion tax fraud affair
The State Prosecutor’s Office for Serious Economic and International Crime, popularly known as the fraud squad, has located DKK1,7bn of the DKK6.2bn the Danish tax authorities were tricked into paying in fake tax…
MoreDenmark 3rd most prosperous nation in the world
Denmark is ranked 3rd on the Legatum Institute’s international annual Prosperity Index for 2015, which ranks countries based on their economic strength, but also on seven other indicators: Education, health, governance, personal freedom,…
MoreFrench embassy honours Danish terror victims
The French Embassy in Copenhagen has paid tribute to two Danes killed in last February’s terror attacks. At a ceremony, France’s ambassador to Copenhagen, Francois Zimeray, who in February attended a free speech…
MoreForeign exchange reserves down
Denmark’s foreign exchange reserves dropped to DKK492bn in October from DKK514bn the previous month, the National Bank announced, Tuesday. DKK10bn of the decline was due to the Bank purchasing Danish kroner in a…
MoreDenmark and South Africa sign water deal
Minister for Environment and Food, Eva Kjer Hansen, has concluded a five-year agreement between Denmark and South Africa on closer cooperation in the water sector. From The Ministry of Environment and Food: The agreement was…
MoreOpt-out referendum: Voters aren’t convinced by Europol argument
Only 14% of voters believe that Denmark will be forced to leave Europol, the European Union’s law enforcement agency, if a majority decides to maintain the justice opt-out in the upcoming December referendum….
MoreOpt-out referendum: What’s it all about?
A new poll shows nearly two-thirds of the electorate are unsure what the upcoming EU referendum is about. 64% of respondents in a Norstat poll for internet news site Altinget can’t explain why…
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