Posted on 31. Jan, 2011 in: News

Social Democrats: More tax on big earners only

The Social Democrats have accused the Liberal Alliance of acting like a branch of the Saxo Bank. In response to a full page advert in Berlingske today, in which LA leader Anders Samuelsen…

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Minister lied says opposition

Opposition parties have demanded a full report from the government of how many asylum seekers have been sent back to face chaotic conditions in Greece. At the same time, Minister of Immigration Birthe…

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Press boss not guilty of racism

Head of the Free Press Society, Lars Hedegaard, who claimed in a 2009 interview ‘that girls in Muslim families are often raped by their uncles, cousins, or even their father’ has been found…

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Juvenile criminals receive psychiatric help

The dramatic increase in under-age criminals committing serious acts of violence and assault has led to the first forensic psychiatry department being set up at Glostrup Hospital. A spokesman said more and more…

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Egypt: Travel warning, APM’s ‘Plan B’, Demo in Copenhagen

Travel warning The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has now followed Sweden and issued a warning against all travel to Egypt. The situation had become confused after Danish travel companies began to heed the…

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Terrorists planned bloody rampage

The suspected terrorists arrested shortly before New Year were planning to decapitate their victims and slay as many people as possible during a 20-minute onslaught on Jyllands-Posten employees. Danish Intelligence (PET) audio surveillance…

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Roj TV: Turkish, US pressure?

Denmark bowed to political pressure from Turkey and the USA when the Ministry of Justice finally brought a legal action against Roj TV last August, experts claim after examining new Wikileaks documents. The…

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Businesses just looking for handouts says Tax Minister

The only reason Danish business leaders have expressed support for the opposition’s ‘amateurish’ economic growth plan is so they can secure government-funded grants in the future. In a verbal broadside at the business…

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Refugees return home

More and more refugees are voluntarily returning to their native countries after the state quadrupled its ‘leave the country’ offer to DKK120,000. 370 foreigners, including 253 refugees and 117 immigrants, accepted voluntary repatriation…

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More smokers die

An increasing number of smokers and ex-smokers in this country continue to die from chronic lung disease. After last week’s World Health Organisation report that named Denmark the ‘cancer capital of the world’,…

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