DR stops publishing terrorist images – newspapers disagree
Virtually all Danish newspapers have distanced themselves from state-run DR’s decision to stop publishing the names and images of terrorists. DR has followed France’s biggest selling daily newspaper Le Monde, which has declared it…
MoreDPP dominates summer headlines with unrealistic proposals
The Danish People’s Party’s proposal to ban Muslim immigration is just another attempt to grab the headlines during the traditional quiet summer period for news, leading political commentator Hans Engell said yesterday. It…
MoreEx-DPP MP urges party to topple government
A former top Danish People’s Party politician has urged leadership to topple Prime Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen. According to the controversial Søren Karup, a priest who once compared Muslim headwear to the Nazi…
MoreThorning’s hubby in new controversy
Former prime minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt’s husband, British MP Stephen Kinnock, has become embroiled in a political controversy in the UK after it emerged he had sent the couple’s daughter to a private school…
MoreLow inflation provides cash bonus
The current record-low rate of inflation is giving families a much-needed cash boost. Years of low growth have led to the lowest rate of inflation since 1953, providing the average household with extra…
MoreHepatitis patients forced to make illegal imports
Hepatitis sufferers are being forced to, illegally, purchase expensive medicine abroad. US drug giant Gilead Sciences launched ground-breaking hepatitis C treatment last year that can tackle all six major forms of the HCV…
MoreDPP calls for immigration ban on Muslims
In response to the recent spate of terrorist attacks in France and Germany the Danish People’s Party (DPP) has called for a ban on Muslim immigrants. In an interview with Berlingske the party’s…
MoreEU won’t intervene in jewellery law dispute
The EU Commission has finally put a cap on the dispute surrounding the controversial jewellery law that provoked negative headlines for Denmark throughout the world when it was passed by parliament five months…
MoreBenefit cuts could violate EU law
The government’s new ‘low rate’ integration benefit, part of its latest package of immigration restrictions, could be in violation of EU law. The start rate for benefits claimants has been cut by nearly…
MoreSoc Dem leader: ‘Trump is a smartass’
Donald Trump fuels America’s worst fears, opposition leader Mette Fredericksen said yesterday on her return to the political scene after a summer break. In a Facebook blog she characterised the Republican nominee as…
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