7.59 – Danish News Today – The Week That Was, June 13th – June 19th, 2011
Politics / Foreign Affairs The government was on the back-foot all week after parliament narrowly passed a proposal to introduce stricter border control checks. During a grilling by Parliament’s Foreign Policy Committee, Minister…
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7.59 NOTICIAS DANESAS DE HOY POLITICA Y RELACIONES EXTERIORES El gobierno aumentó su ya baja popularidad durante toda la semana, después de haber logrado una ajustada mayoría parlamentaria que aprobó la propuesta de…
MorePia Kjærsgaard is ‘un-Danish’
Danish People’s Party leader Pia Kjærsgaard is ‘un-Danish’ and totally unaware of the cultural history of both Denmark and Germany, according to former cabinet minister Birthe Rønn Hornbech. In a full frontal attack…
MoreDPP: Germany persecuted by the shadows of its Nazi past
The Danish People’s Party (DPP) has again attacked Germany. In response to former cabinet minister Birthe Rønn Hornbech’s denouncement of Pia Kjærsgaard as ‘un-Danish’ and ‘culturally unaware’, leading DPP MP Jesper Langballe dismisses…
MoreIs border control agreement legal?
Former integration minister Birthe Rønn Hornbech has called on the government to produce documentation that the new border control legislation is legal. Ms Hornbech, who was forced to resign earlier this year as…
MoreSwedish admonishment
Sweden’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Carl Bildt says it’s the EU Commission that will ultimately decide as to whether there should be permanent customs control at the Swedish-Danish border. Although Lene Espersen travelled…
MoreDenmark found guilty of human rights violation
Denmark has been found guilty of a breach of human rights by the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg. After the court ruled that the 23-year old Somali national Sahro Osman’s human…
MoreNew immigration law was rejected five years ago
The government’s new ‘positive discrimination’ bill, which will make it easier for immigrants from developed countries to gain permanent residency, was rejected as a bad idea by the Integration Ministry five years ago,…
MoreYoung Danish girls in Muslim marriages
The Danish People’s Party (DPP) has demanded an investigation into reports that under-age Danish girls have secretly married Muslim men. According to Berlingske, five young girls from Kokkedal, north of Copenhagen, secretly entered…
MoreContinued support for Libya mission
Three months after Danish F-16’s began bombing missions over Libya, the public remains supportive of Denmark’s participation in the international coalition. A new Rambøll poll shows that 50.6% believe that Denmark should continue…
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