New poll signals comfortable victory for opposition
No matter when the Prime Minister calls an election it’s going to be an uphill struggle for the government. A new Megafon poll for Politiken and TV2 shows the opposition has strengthened its…
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The Social Democrats have shortened their summer conference scheduled for next week in response to fast-growing election rumours. Party MP’s should have gathered in Jørlunde, northern Zeeland, on Tuesday for a two-day conference…
MoreRepatriation package for Iraqi asylum seekers
The opposition will make amends for former Integration Minister’s failure to offering rejected Iraqi asylum seekers willing to return home a generous repatriation financial package. The government signed an agreement with Baghdad in…
MoreSecret witness tells court about PKK
Media representatives and spectators attending the trial of Kurdish ROJ-TV were asked to leave the courtroom yesterday when a top-secret Danish Intelligence (PET) source gave evidence. Although they weren’t allowed to see the…
MorePM: al-Assad should step aside
The Danish government has backed a EU declaration condemning the Syrian regime’s violent cracdown on the civilian population and calling on President Bashar al-Assad al-Assad to resign. Prime Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen said al-Assad has…
MoreMore terrorism charges against extremists
The five left-wing extremists charged under the anti-terror act (see below) allegedly had plans to set fire to Christiansborg, home of the Danish parliament, and nine other prominent buildings in Copenhagen including the…
MoreAnti-smoking policy ‘weak, insufficient’.
Denmark is failing to live up to the demands of the Tobacco Control Convention it joined in 2004, according to a number of health organisations who claim that anti-smoking efforts in this country…
MoreLeft-wing arsonists on terror rap
The police have heightened the charges against five young men accused of a number of incidents of arson in the Copenhagen area to include terrorism. Four of the five who were remanded in custody…
MorePirates strike a deal
The Danish family held by Somali pirates since February could be home by the end of the month. The normally reliable news site, Somali Report, claims to have been in contact with one…
MoreBridges and schools would provide more jobs than tax relief
Leading economists agree that if Denmark really wants to kick-start growth and unemployment, publicly-funded renovation and building projects are the best solution, as suggested by the opposition, than the Conservatives’ proposal of tax…
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