DPP urges parliament to host anti-migrant party’s conference
The Danish People’s Party’s (DPP) deputy leader, Søren Espersen, wants Christiansborg (Parliament) to play host to the Stram Kurs’ (Hard Line) national conference after police in Funen banned the far-right party from Middelfart…
Police ban right-wing party’s conference
Police in Funen banned the far-right ‘Stram Kurs’ (Hard Line) party from holding its national conference on Saturday due to ‘security concerns’. The conference was scheduled to start at the Milling Hotel Park in…
The Week That Was, October 14th – 20th 2019:
Politics/Economy: Economists at the Danish Economic Council warned that the state’s revenue from North Sea oil, which has boosted Danish prosperity for fifty years, will in future be far less than projected by…
Anti-Islamist denied right to demonstrate
Anti-Muslim politician Rasmus Paludan has been banned from holding demonstrations in Copenhagen following threats on his life. The head of the far-right right ‘Stram Kurs’ (Hard Line) party had planned 21 ‘Koran-burning events’ in…
DPP slams ambassador
The Danish People’s Party’s (DPP) Søren Espersen has lashed out at a Danish ambassador for linking the populist party to xenophobia. Following an Australian TV programme, Foreign Correspondent, that portrayed Denmark as anti-immigrant…
Jakob Ellemann-Jensen: This charming man
Jakob Ellemann-Jensen hasn’t yet been elected new Liberal leader but voters already see him as more ‘eloquent, charming, and shrewd’ than Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen, a new YopuGov survey for tabloid daily BT…
The Week That Was, September 2nd – 8th 2019:
Politics/Economy: As expected, Jakob Ellemann-Jensen formally announced his bid to become Liberal Party leader following ex-PM Lars Lokke Rasmussen’s dramatic resignation – he will be joined on a ‘dream ticket’ by former immigration…
Activists were planning violent attack on anti-Islamist
Stram Kurs (Hard Line) leader Rasmus Paludan was denied the right to demonstrate in April because the police had received information about a planned attack on the anti-Islamist. According to police documents obtained…
While you were away – a brief round up of all the summer news
If you’ve been away – welcome back. It was a quiet summer (at least before last week’s bombings) but here’s a round-up of the main news from the past four weeks…. Politics/Economy: President…
Copenhagen explosions linked to criminal street gangs
Following the bomb blast at the National Tax Agency, Tuesday, DR News reports today how Copenhagen street gangs have obtained ‘dynamite-like’ explosives. Monday’s attack was the eighth explosion in the capital this year…
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