LA’s multi-million campaign expenditure
The tiny Liberal Alliance spent over 16 million kroner ($3.7m) on campaign advertising last year even though the party only had three seats in parliament. Party leader confirmed the amount to tabloid daily…
MoreRoyals evacuated from smoking plane
135 passengers on board an SAS plane bound for Oslo Sunday morning, including the Crown Prince and Crown Princess of Norway, were evacuated when a motor caught fire as the plane was preparing…
MoreKey Iraq documents go missing
Important reports from the Danish forces in Iraq have gone missing – documents that could have a decisive impact on the upcoming commission inquiry into Denmark’s war effort and basis for joining the…
MoreFiscal pact, but no fiscal union says minister
Minister for the Economy and the Interior Margrethe Vestager doesn’t believe EU countries should form a fiscal-policy union. In last night’s ‘Debate’ programme on TV, the Minister said that within the EU there’s a…
MoreSocialists will cut child support for the ‘rich’
The Socialist People’s Party (SPP) has signalled a return to left-wing values by threatening to cut the bi-annual child support cheque for high earners and limit entitlement to so-called ‘flex jobs’ that allow…
MoreDane charged with helping Gaddafi’s son
The Mexican authorities have instigated legal proceedings against a Danish man, a Canadian woman, and two Mexicans, whose plot to smuggle Muammar Gaddafi’s son, al-Saadi, out of Libya. and to Mexico, during the…
MoreRoj TV looks for new bank
Kurdish TV station, Roj TV, is facing difficulties finding a new bank to take care of its financial affairs after the Danske Bank froze its assets, Wednesday. Imdat Yilmazm, Managing Director of the…
MoreDane nabbed in US child sex scam
A Danish national has been sentenced to 30 years in prison by a US court after being found guilt of producing and transporting child pornography, and for extortion against an 11-year-old girl. 61-year-old…
MoreMassive profits for Novo Nordisk
Danish pharmaceutical giant Novo Nordisk, the world’s biggest insulin maker, has reported a net profit of DKK17.1 bn($3 billion) for 2011, 19 per cent up on last year’s DKK14.4 bn ($2.6bn). Year end-figures were…
MoreNATO trial could uncover Danish bombing raids on civilians
Denmark’s role in civilian deaths in Libya will come under scrutiny later this year when military alliance NATO is forced to defend itself in a Brussels court against a lawsuit filed by Mr…
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