Police tighten security in capital following Vienna attack
Copenhagen Police have tightened security around two prominent Jewish sites in the capital following the terrorist attack in Vienna. Access to Krystalgade, where the main synagogue is located, and Ole Suhrs Gade, home…
MoreJobless rate down
The jobless rate fell for the fourth month in a row in September. The latest Statistics Denmark figures show gross unemployment fell by 1,400 to 136,300 from 137,700 in the preceding month to…
MoreDanske Bank fined DKK9m for misleading customers
The troubles continue to pile up for Denmark’s biggest bank, Danske, which was slapped with a DKK9m fine (€1.2bn), Tuesday, for misleading around 10,000 customers in the Flexinvest Fri case. The fine was…
MoreDK-Germany tunnel gets final go-ahead
Germany’s Federal Administrative Court in Leipzig has given final approval to the construction of the Fehmarn Belt tunnel between Germany and Denmark after dismissing all appeals, Tuesday The 11.2-mile submerged Fehmarn Fixed Link, the…
MoreCharlie Hedbo denies permission to reprint cartoons
The anti-migrant New Right (Nye Konservative) party has been denied permission to use the controversial Mohammed cartoons that made French magazine Charlie Hebdo the target of a deadly terror attack in 2015. Following…
MoreMohammed cartoons – 15 years on and the violence continues
15 years after Jyllands-Posten published the original cartoons of the prophet Mohammad that sparked demonstrations across the Arab world, angry Muslim extremists continue to condemn them as blasphemous and carry out acts of…
MoreStøjberg on death penalty for terrorist: ‘I won’t miss him’
Former integration minister Inger Støjberg has said she won’t be losing any sleep over the death sentence handed down in Morocco to former Danish national Said Mansour who was stripped of his citizenship and…
MoreGovernment backs down on meat-free days
The government has dropped its ‘dictatorial’ proposal for two meat-free days in all state-run canteens. Following a storm of criticism after presenting the government’s strategy to make public procurement more green, including meat-free…
MoreNew poll: DPP slump as New Right hijacks anti-migrant voters
The Danish People’s Party (DPP), the ‘darling of the right’ five years ago, have slumped to their lowest level of support this century. A new Voxmeter poll for Ritzau News shows the DPP,…
MoreDanish pharma giants donate millions to presidential campaigns
As Americans go to the polls today, TV2 reports how lobbyists and top employees at some of Denmark’s biggest companies have donated large sums to the campaigns of both Donald Trump and his…
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