Pia K: Eastern Europe countries are criminal
The EU should accept responsibility for the breakdown of the Schengen agreement. In the wake of international criticism of extended Danish border controls, DPP leader Pia Kjærsgaard said it’s the EU that should…
MoreThunder from the right
The government has come under fire from the right for its response to 133 recommendation from UN countries as to how human rights can be improved. The right-leaning think-tank Cepos has accused the…
MoreTraffic delays throughout Copenhagen
Copenhagen traffic continues to suffer the after-effects of the weekend’s flash flooding. Many main roads into the capital are still under water, including the Amager motorway where emergency rescue teams are pumping away…
MoreWhere was the information?
The Danish People’s Party (DPP) is demanding answers as to why TV channels DR and TV2 failed to interrupt normal transmission Saturday evening during the cloudbursts that flooded parts of Copenhagen. The party’s…
MoreLA PASADA SEMANA: del 27 de junio al 3 de julio de 2011
POLITICA La proposición gubernamental sobre el nuevo control de fronteras fue finalmente aprobada como ley el día viernes, el rechazo presentado por la oposición no alcanzó mayoría parlamentaria. Dentro de pocos días unos…
MoreThe Week That Was, June 27th – July 3rd, 2011
Politics The government’s border control bill became reality, Friday, after the opposition’s motion to reject the controversial proposals was defeated in parliament. At least 50 new customs officials will now be patrolling the…
MoreCopenhagen hit by massive cloudburst
Copenhagen was hit by a violent cloudburst, Saturday, as the equivalent of two months’ rain fell during a two-hour storm. At the same time, the Zeeland region was hit by over 5,000 flashes…
MoreCopenhagen looks towards Amsterdam after Venice weekend
A system of ‘Amsterdam-like’ canals could be the solution to Copenhagen’s water problems. After the capital’s sewer system bowed to the severity of the weekend’s flash floods, and the capital was transformed into…
MoreDenmark’s Cold War policy upset NATO allies
Denmark was close to leaving NATO during the 1980’s, according to the Centre for Cold War Research’s yet to be published review of the turbulent Cold War period. According to historian Bent Jensen,…
MoreUN doesn’t understand Danish laws
Denmark’s human rights record is superior to most other countries’, according to the ruling Liberal Party’s foreign affairs spokesman Michael Aasrup Jensen who dismissed criticism by the UN High Commission for Human Rights…
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