Economy Minister: Greek stand off is ‘concerning’ for Denmark
The stand-off between Greece and the EU is deeply concerning, not only for the euozone members but Denmark too, Economy Minister Morten Østergaard said yesterday after Greece on Monday rejected an opening European Union…
MorePolitical comeback for Denmark’s first-ever immigrant MP
Syrian-born Naser Khader, founder of the Liberal Alliance and Denmark’s first-ever immigrant MP, is making a comeback to Danish politics. He has agreed to run as a candidate for the Conservatives in two…
MoreThousands gather at memorial services
Tens of thousands of people gathered at memorials across the country on Monday night to commemorate the victims of twin shootings by a suspected Islamist terrorist, Saturday. With flags at half-mast throughout Denmark,…
MoreAccomplices in custody
Two men charged with acting as accomplices of the suspected Islamist terrorist who murdered two people in the shooting spree in Copenhagen at the weekend before being killed in a shootout with police,…
MoreKiller had Islamic State ambitions
Omar El-Hussein, killed by the police in a shootout, Sunday, after allegedly killing two people in Copenhagen the previous day, had hopes of fighting for the Islamic State in Syria, according to Berlingske,…
MoreThorning: We were lucky
The security situation for Jews in Denmark dominated Prime Minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt’s press conference, Monday morning. In response to one foreign journalist who questioned why the Jewish Community had to wait for heightened…
MoreExperts decry lack of protection for Jewish community
The Justice Ministry has summoned the Jewish Community to talks after two of the world’s leading terror experts criticised Denmark for failing to provide round the clock protection for Jewish institutions. Lorenzo Vidino…
MoreInternational coverage of Copenhagen attacks
The weekend’s terrorist attack on Copenhagen hit the front pages of newspapers throughout the world, Monday. The New York Times led with ‘Terror attacks by native son rock Denmark’, while Liberation in Paris…
MoreWere attacks due to hostility towards immigrants?
Should the Copenhagen outrage be blamed on the greater hostility of public life in Denmark towards immigrants, and Muslims in particular? Andrew Brown, the British Guardian’s former editor of religious issues, and Scandinavian…
MoreMohammad cartoonist didn’t expect Muslim backlash
Swedish artist Lars Vilks, the target of Saturday’s assassination attempt at the Krudttønden café in Copenhagen, claims his cartoon of the prophet Mohammed as a dog was never intended to provoke Muslims. Its…
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