Secret millionaire gives savings to Red Cross
A Red Cross voluntary worker discovered a million kroner cash donation when emptying one of the aid organisation’s re-cycled clothes skips in Jyderup yesterday. The cash was stuffed in a number of envelopes alongside…
MoreMinister to EU: Sue us
Tax Minister Peter Christensen has challenged the EU Commission to sue Denmark. He told DR news yesterday that he’s had enough of the constant EU debate about Denmark’s border control and if the…
MoreLene E: It was the Queen, not us
Minister of Foreign Affairs Lene Espersen has distanced herself from Queen Margrethe’s decision to bestow Denmark’s second-highest royal order, the ‘Grand Cross of the Dannebrog’, on Bahrain dictator King Khalafi just weeks before…
MoreMoonlighting costs the state billions
Foreign construction companies ‘moonlighting’ in Denmark continue to cost the state billions of kroner in the form of lost tax and VAT revenue, while at the same time putting more pressure on struggling…
MoreNeeded: 190,000 tons of waste
Thousands of lorries full of German and British garbage could soon be heading for Denmark if 13 local authorities in Jutland green-light a plan to build a massive combined heat and power plant…
MorePeople fear break-ins
Despite an 8% drop in the number of people being attacked and robbed in their own homes over the past 18 months, nearly twice as many people are scared of the threat of…
MoreGold bonus
The explosive rise in the cost of gold has had a major effect on Denmark’s gold reserves. Prices have risen by 200% over the past five years, making Denmark’s gold stockpile of 67…
MoreSupreme Court to rule on flick-knife deportation
The Supreme Court will be asked to rule as to whether a Rumanian national who was arrested in possession of a flick-knife can be deported. Two lower courts have ruled in favour of…
MoreWind turbine activists face arrest
Police have warned activists protesting against the construction of a new National Wind Turbine Test Centre that they’ll be arrested if they don’t leave peacefully. Around 30-40 demonstrators have since the weekend stopped…
MoreDanish ship wards off pirates
A Danish ship successfully warded off a pirate attack, Monday, when armed guards on board the Stella Kosan, owned by J. Lauritzen, fired shots at a flotilla of nine pirate vessels in the…
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