Opposition backs off – but she may have to go
The opposition won’t be calling for the head of Henriette Kjær even though her reputation has once again been tarnished. The Social Democrats’ René Skau Björnson said even though Ms Kjær has been…
MoreGreen alliance could help Denmark
A new alliance of North European countries could provide Denmark with a stronger voice in the EU. After the successful culmination of the first-ever British-Nordic-Baltic summit, hosted by British Prime Minister David Cameron…
More3 countries wiped off aid list
The stream of aid funding to three struggling nations will be closed off in three years’ time. Minister of Development Aid Søren Pind informed parliament’s Foreign Policy committee yesterday that Denmark is to…
MoreAfghan POW demands compensation
A former Afghan prisoner of war has returned to Denmark to seek DKK50,000 in compensation for alleged abuse suffered in a Kandahar detention camp. Ghousoullah Tarin claims that after he and 30 other…
MoreShots fired
Two shots were fired in at an internet café in the inner-city district of Nørrebro last night, the latest in a series of shootings that, according to police, indicate the gang war is…
MoreMohammed illustrator meets his attacker
Kurt Westergaard called his attempted assassin a ‘small, cowardly liar’, when the two met face to face in an Århus courtroom today. The 29-year-old Somali has denied the murder charge and claimed his…
MoreTerror threat raised
The Somali axeman trial in Aarhus has increased the terror threat against Denmark, according to terror expert Helle Lykke Nielsen of the Centre for Middle East Studies at the University of Southern Denmark…
MoreUnion against retirement reform
3F, Denmark’s biggest trade union, has urged the rest of the trade union movement to pull out of the government’s Growth Forum if the Lib/Con coalition continues to push for reform of the…
MoreTamils lose deportation appeal
Denmark has the right to deport nine rejected asylum seekers back to their homeland of Sri Lanka. The European Court of Human Rights ruled today against nine Tamils who had claimed that they…
MoreNews in brief
Axeman denies murder charge – Veterans against Hizb-ut Tahrir – Inflation will hit exports The ‘mad axeman’ on trial for the attempted murder of Mohammd illustrator Kurt Westergard told an Aarhus court yesterday…
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