Election 2019: DPP has lost 1 in 3 voters
The Danish People’s Party (DPP) is heading for a disastrous election. A new Voxmeter poll for Ritzau News shows the populist party would win no more than 14.2% of the vote if an…
MoreSKAT mislaid fraudster’s file
The Tax Department (SKAT) was informed six years ago about social fraudster Britta Nielsen’s escapades but mislaid the files. Confidential correspondence between SKAT and parliament’s Justice Committee obtained by tabloid daily Ekstra Bladet…
MoreArms dealer ‘bitterly regrets’ India weapons drop
Convicted arms dealer Niels Holck has admitted he committed a major mistake by dropping four tons of weapons from a Soviet plane to a sect in West Bengal in 1995. The incident sparked…
MoreEducation Minister showered with abuse at Copenhagen high school
The Ministry for Education has launched an investigation into allegations that students at a Copenhagen high school threw coins at Minister Merete Riisager last week and called her a ‘whore’. Ms Riisager was…
MoreFrederiksen and Baltic defence ministers inaugurate NATO division in Latvia
Defence Minister Claus Hjort Frederiksen joined his Latvian and Estonian counterparts to officially inaugurate the headquarters of NATO Multinational Division North (MND N) in Latvia’s Adazi Friday, a further strengthening of NATO and…
MoreBanks headhunt experts to combat money laundering
Anti-money laundering experts have become a hot commodity in Denmark and throughout the Nordic financial sector following tougher regulations and a string of scandals involving the region’s top banks Danske Bank, Nordea and…
MoreThe Week That Was, March 4th – March 10th 2019
Politics/Economy: A weighted average of all recent opinion polls showed Prime Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen needs to encourage at least 64,000 voters to change sides to stand any chance of winning a new…
MoreElection 2019: DPP won’t join government unless support improves
The Danish People’s Party (DPP) won’t join a centre-right coalition after the election unless it gets more support from the electorate, leader Kristian Thulesen Dahl warned yesterday The DPP is currently hovering around…
MoreElection 2019: Thulesen wins debate but rival scores immigration points
Commentators pronounced Danish People’s Party (DPP) leader Kristian Thulesen Dahl the overall winner of his much-hyped televised debate with right-wing rival Pernille Vermlund last night but the New Conservative leader scored most points…
MorePolice charge 14 with sharing terror video
The police have charged 14 people with sharing a video possibly showing the murder of a young Danish woman in Morocco. Police inspector Michael Kjeldgaard at East Jutland Police said that the individuals…
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