Crackdown on football hooligans
Minister of Justice Morten Bødskov has announced a crackdown on football hooliganism after major unrest at a match between Aalborg and FC Copenhagen, Sunday. In future, the police will decide what time of…
MoreDenmark ignores UN convention
Denmark has failed to follow neighbours Norway, Sweden, and Germany, and sign a UN convention aimed at protecting women from domestic violence. Around 100million women are subjected to violence in the home, according…
MoreRomanians nabbed with 75 mobile phones
Two Romania nationals stopped by customs control at Copenhagen Airport, Monday, were carrying 75 mobile phones, primarily I-phones. The two men were arrested and charged after a check showed that the majority had…
MoreBritish blogger: Danish PM is a ‘fool’
A high-profile British blogger has dismissed Danish Prime Minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt as a ‘fool’ for claiming that it’s a waste for well-educated women to bring up their own children. Writing in the pro-Tory…
MoreBulgarian Ambassador queries jail proposal
Bulgaria’s Ambassador to Denmark has questioned whether Danish taxpayers’ money should be spent on increasing prison capacity in Eastern Europe. In response to a Danish People’s Party (DPP) proposal that Denmark could save…
MoreBlue chip companies fire in Denmark, hire abroad
Big name Danish companies that continue to reduce their workforces in this country are on a hiring spree abroad – but it might not be such a bad thing, experts claim. Over the…
MoreISS pulls out of southern Europe
The debt crisis has hit the Danish global facility services company ISS (International Service System). The cleaning and security giant is terminating contracts in Greece, Portugal, and Spain where the public sectors are…
MoreRight looks left – DPP support for government
The Danish People’s Party (DPP), which broke with the opposition ranks to side with the government on a new collective transport bill last week, is prepared to enter into more agreements with the…
More7.59 -Danish News Today – The Week That Was, February 27th – March 4th, 2012
Politics / Economy Just six months after the general election, a new Greens Institute poll for financial daily Børsen showed that fewer than one in five would vote for the ruling Social Democrats…
MoreLA PASADA SEMANA: Resumen de Noticias del 27 de febrero al 4 de marzo de 2012
POLITICA/ECONOMIA Un sondeo de Green Institute para el diario “Børsen”, reveló que solamente uno de cada cinco electores votaría por los Socialdemócratas si se llevaran a cabo nuevas elecciones. Un resultado catastrófico si…
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