No buyers for smoky homes
Houses and apartments owned by smokers are proving hard to sell. A new vox-pop survey reveals that potential buyers are giving cigarette-stinking homes a wide berth. A spokesman for estate agent Home said many…
MoreEU dispute is a forerunner of election campaign say Social Liberals
Peter Christensen’s outburst against the EU Commission is yet another example of cabinet ministers acting like a ‘gang of thugs’, according to the Social Liberals’ EU spokesperson Lone Dybkjær who accused the government…
MoreEU Commission fuels border dispute
The EU Commission has no intention of instigating legal action against Denmark at the present time. In response to Tax Minister Peter Christensen’s challenge to the EU to sue Denmark if it believes…
MorePrescription drugs turn users into junkies
400,000 people in this country were prescribed with strong, habit-forming painkillers such as morphine and Ketogan last year, a rise of 33% since 2001. The massive increase has made Denmark the world’s fourth-largest…
MoreOpposition will reward ex-criminals
Former criminals should be rewarded if they behave themselves. A new Socialist People’s Party (SPP) proposal, backed by the Social Democrats, would wipe out a person’s legal costs and criminal record if they…
MoreBotulism strikes Copenhagen teenager
A 16 year old boy from the Copenhagen area is hospitalised with a rare form of food poisoning, called botulism, after eating Urtekram vegetarian products. The company has recalled their tofu product as…
MoreCancer researcher accused of espionage
Intelligence documents reveal that the respected Czech cancer researcher, Jiri Bartek, who has worked in Denmark for the last 20 years, was at one time a spy for the Czech secret intelligence service, StB. The espionage…
MoreConsumer confidence remains low
Danish consumers continue to keep a tight rein on the purse strings. New Statistics Denmark figures show the Consumer Confidence Index fell to minus 0.6 in July, mirroring the weak spending activity of…
MoreConfusion surrounds EU Commission letter
Tax Minister Peter Christensen continued to chastise the EU Commission today for failing to follow through on its threat to send a letter voicing concern about Denmark’s border control, even though Ministry official…
MoreWarship crew acted in self-defence
The Judge Advocate General Corps (Forsvarets Auditørkorps) has ruled that the crew of the Danish warship Esbern Snare were acting in self-defence when they shot and killed four Somali pirates during an exchange…
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