Professor: New bill creates a ‘discount’ police force
The new police bill is ‘an experiment’ that promises a badly trained police force, claims Adam Diderichsen, an external associate professor of criminal science at Aalborg University. The police bill, which was presented…
MoreLøkke will respect people’s vote on EU referendum
Prime Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen (Lib.) has stated that he will respect the results of the December 3rd public vote on the EU opt-out referendum, despite a possible loophole offered by the Danish…
MoreBomb scare closes Copenhagen Airport
The police took no chances and conducted an extensive evacuation of Terminal 3 at Copenhagen Airport on Wednesday afternoon, following a bomb scare. According to reports, someone overheard a conversation in English in…
MoreIS executes Norwegian and Chinese hostages
The Norwegian prime minister has confirmed Islamic State (IS)’s claim regarding the execution of a Norwegian hostage. “Sadly, there is no reason to doubt the message from the terrorist organisation Islamic State that…
MoreNorway goes on ‘high alert’ after Paris attacks
The Norwegian security service PST have raised the country’s state of alert following the recent terrorist attacks in Paris. According to TV2 News, the decision to do so was also influenced by the…
MoreFinance: Negative interest rates hit new low
On Wednesday, the Danish National Bank sold two-year government bonds for a total of DKK3.6bn — and with a negative interest rate of minus 0.31 per cent. This means that the Danish state…
MoreDenmark is last on the Natura 2000 list
A new report published by the EU’s Natura 2000 Network places Denmark dead-last among EU countries with protected nature preserves. When it comes to the areal size of protected nature preserves among EU…
MoreAcross the aisle agreement on new police bill
The centre-right majority and Social Democrats have reached agreement on a new police bill that, according to Justice Minister Søren Pind, will give Denmark its ‘strongest police force ever’ and tighten border control….
MoreCross-party asylum deal
In another cross-party deal, the ruling Liberals and their three support parties, alongside the Social Democrats, have agreed to pass 13 of the 34 asylum restrictions presented by Prime Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen…
MoreNew asylum restrictions an ‘attack on rule of law’
The Red/Green Alliance has strongly criticised the new clampdown on asylum seekers (above). The far-left party’s policy spokeswoman, Johanne Schmidt-Nielsen, dismissed the proposed legislation as an ‘outrageous attack on the rule of law’…
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