Posted on 04. Apr, 2011 in: News

New bombing missions

Danish F-16’s have flown four new missions over Libya, dropping four precision bombs on ‘infrastructure targets’ in the eastern part of the country, according to Air Tactical Command. Danish jets have flown 50…

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Posted on 04. Apr, 2011 in: News

Libya raids a ‘video game’ says expert

The missions being carried out by Danish pilots over Libya can be compared to a video game, according to security policy expert Professor PeterVigg Jakobsen of Copenhagen University who said the bombing sorties…

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Posted on 04. Apr, 2011 in: News

Catholic Church criticised for failure to act

The Catholic Church in Denmark has again come under fire for being insular and for failing to act against charges of sexual abuse. An internal investigation of a priest, who has been suspended…

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Posted on 04. Apr, 2011 in: News

Amnesty: Denmark has violated UN convention

Amnesty International has strongly criticised the Danish immigration authorities and courts for violating the UN Convention on Children’s Rights by approving the deportation of a young Vietnamese boy who had sought residency in…

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Posted on 04. Apr, 2011 in: News

No to DNA records

Both government and opposition parties have come out against a Danish People’s Party proposal to keep the DNA records of all foreigners and new-born males on file. The Liberal Party’s justice spokesman, Kim…

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Posted on 04. Apr, 2011 in: News

Multi-million boost for capital’s schools

Copenhagen Town Hall is to pump DKK231m into a citywide school renovation project to cope with the demands of an extra 100,000 extra residents in the capital by 2025. An additional DKK100m will…

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Posted on 04. Apr, 2011 in: News

Controversy surrounds gang leader ruling

The Socialist People’s Party (SPP) has backed Integration Minister Søren Pind’s call to deport criminal immigrants ‘without mercy’. In reaction to an Odense court’s decision not to deport convicted gang leader ‘Fez Fez’…

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Posted on 04. Apr, 2011 in: News

Leave if if you can’t accept equal rights

Imams who reject gender equality between men and women should leave Denmark and go back to Muslim countries where they can abide by the rules for men and women as laid down by…

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Posted on 04. Apr, 2011 in: News

Orders, production down

Danish PMI (Purchasing Managers Index), an indicator of economic activity, dropped in March from 66.1 the previous month to 65.3. According to the new report by the Danish Purchasing and Logistics Forum (DILF),…

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Posted on 01. Apr, 2011 in: News

Opposition maintains lead

With rumours of an early spring election, a new poll shows that the opposition has maintained its winter-long lead and is heading for a resounding victory. The Megafon poll for TV2 gives the…

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