Build prisons in Eastern Europe says opposition
The political opposition has proposed that Denmark should build prisons in Eastern Europe to house the growing number of criminals from former Soviet-bloc countries currently incarcerated in this country. Norway has financially contributed…
MoreWidespread election fraud in Russia says Danish observer
A Danish election observer in Russia claims to have witnessed numerous instances of election fraud that rigged yesterday’s presidential election in favour of Vladimir Putin. After travelling throughout the country as an election…
MoreGet in the game, Løkke
The Liberal Alliance has urged the Liberals to drop their laid-back attitude and join the political battleground. At the party’s annual conference, Saturday, party leader Anders Samuelsen urged the former ruling party to…
MoreThorning recycles old quote
Prime Minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt appears to have stolen a quote directly from her predecessor, Lars Løkke Rasmussen. In an interview with the British Times newspaper, the PM said she won’t be a Prime…
MoreDefence Minister: F-16 pilots have to be protected
Denmark won’t be releasing any details about Danish fighter pilots who may have been involved in the deaths of Libyan civilians. In response to a UN report on the Libyan Civil War, released…
MorePoliticians have failed says Pind
The benefits reforms proposed by the government could have been implemented by the previous Lib/Con coalition seven years ago if Prime Minister at the time, Anders Fogh Rasmussen, had shown more political courage,…
MoreIdeological showdown on the left
The political left is divided on benefits reform. The Socialist People’s Party (SPP) has accused its close ally, the far-left Red/Green Alliance, of making vulnerable groups of society permanent dependents of the state….
MoreSyrian offensive will fail says expert
The Syrian government’s attempt to crush the uprising is doomed to failure, according to Syria expert, Major Lars Cramer-Larsen of the Danish Defence Academy who said the insurgents’ retreat doesn’t mean they’re heading…
MoreDenmark joins fiscal pact
Prime Minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt was one of the 25 European Union leaders who signed the EU’s new fiscal pact in Brussels, Friday, committing themselves to enshrine a debt brake in national legislation and…
MoreDPP embarrassed by PM’s pact confusion
The Danish People’s Party (DPP) is embarrassed about Prime Minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt’s confusion about the legal technicalities of the EU fiscal compact that she signed on Friday. After the Prime Minister was forced…
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