Immigration: Where’s the dignity?
The government has lost whatever dignity it may have had by touting new figures showing how immigrants from non-western countries are a financial burden on society, according to former Social Liberal leader Marianne…
MoreNordic neighbours experience immigration boom
Norway is experiencing its own immigration challenges. New figures from the Norwegian Statistics Agency (SSB) show that over 600,000 people, or nearly 13% of the population of 4.9m, are immigrants or their descendants….
MoreDon’t have a blood clot in the afternoon
Many people who suffer a life-threatening blood clot in the Greater Copenhagen region have to be transferred to Lund hospital in Southern Sweden because the National Hospital (Rigshospitalet) doesn’t have the resources to…
MoreDenmark targets Gaddafi
Denmark wants to see Muammar Gaddafi removed from power – and that’s official. After the government was given parliament’s approval for a new strategy in Libya, Wednesday, Minister of Foreign Affairs Lene Espersen…
MoreDanish company was given green light for Libya arms export
Danish F-16 fighter jets are dropping bombs on Libyan targets just one year after a Danish company was granted permission to produce software for Libya’s missile defence system. According to confidential documents obtained…
MoreImmigration restrictions have saved DKK5bn per year
Immigrants from lesser-developed countries, and their descendants, cost state coffers around DKK16bn per year. A new government report also shows that the immigrations restrictions imposed by the Lib/Con coalition since it came to…
MoreSomalis flee from Danish discrimination
Somalis are the only group of immigrants that gets smaller every year. A new survey shows that they are are often dismissed by Danes as ‘lazy, extremist, khat-smoking welfare scroungers’ which encourages more…
MoreDPP and Conservatives in tax dispute
The Danish People’s Party (DPP) has demanded a written guarantee from the government that there there will be no unfunded tax relief in the future, bringing the party into direct conflict with the…
MorePia ponders summer election
Danish People’s Party leader Pia Kjærsgaard emerged from negotiations with the government speculating about a June election. After previously stating that it could take weeks to reach agreement on the 2020 economic plan,…
MoreLene E can aide Palestinian reconciliation process
Minister of Foreign Affairs Lene Espersen has been urged to take a leading role in encouraging the EU to recognise the the reconciliation agreement between Hamas and Fatah. Left wing MEP Margrethe Auken…
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