DPP questions fence for pigs but not asylum seekers
Denmark is building a 70 kilometre fence along the border with Germany border to keep out wild pigs that can carry the deadly infection African swine fever but according to the Danish People’s…
More‘Catastrophic’ number of immigrants on social benefits
Employment Minister Troels Lund Poulsen said yesterday it’s ‘unacceptable’ to see thousands of immigrants living off social benefits for more than 10 years. New Employment Ministry figures reveal that half of all long-term…
MorePM fights for post-Brexit fishing rights in North Sea
Prime Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen told BBC Scotland yesterday he will make access to North Sea waters a “high priority” during the next phase of Brexit talks. Denmark’s fishing industry relies heavily on…
MoreOpposition leader urges government to get tough with Google
The government needs to do more at EU level to reform the taxation of tech-giants, opposition leader Mette Frederiksen said Thursday. Despite the fact that it violates the economic principle that only profits…
MoreLøkke urges EU to come down hard on Russia.
Prime Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen has urged his EU colleagues to show solidarity and stand together with the UK in the nerve gas dispute with Russia. Ahead of a Brussels summit next week…
MoreLøkke takes credit for record-high employment
Prime Minister Lars Løkke Rasmusen has taken credit for the record-high employment rate in Denmark right now. He said new Statistics Denmark figures showing 2.72m workers in the labour market are a direct…
MoreEU projects Danish jobs growth will outstrip all others
The EU Commission projects the Danish labour markets will expand by an additional 300.000 workers by 2030, exceeding the employment rate of any other EU country. The numbers show that as of January…
MoreSubmarine Slayer a ‘sexual sadist, obsessed with beheadings’
The trial of Peter Madsen, the ‘Submarine Slayer’ accused of murdering a Swedish journalist, resumed Wednesday as prosecutors disputed his account that she died accidentally aboard his vessel and suggested he was obsessed…
MoreDPP calls for ban on childlike sex-dolls
The Danish People’s Party (DPP) has proposed a ban on child sex-dolls to prevent future child abuse but Justice Minister Søren Pape Poulsen has called for more information. The DPP’s justice spokesperson Peter…
MoreSKAT reveals banks’ collusion in tax evasion
The Danish tax authority (SKAT) has revealed how European Union-based banks helped companies and individuals in Denmark to place money in tax havens. In a review of 2,400 emails sent between Panama-based law…
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