Lundbeck hit with lawsuit in USA
Danish pharmaceutical giant Lundbeck is being sued in the USA by a Texas mother who claims the company’s epilepsy seizure drug, Onfi, caused her son to experience the devastating side effects of Stevens…
MoreIllegals nabbed in McDonalds raid
30 people, mostly illegal immigrants, were arrested during a night-time police raid on McDonalds restaurants throughout the Zeeland region, part of a major crackdown on illegal employment in the cleaning sector. McDonalds and…
MoreMinister refused to close down insignificant Afghanistan base
Former Defence Minister Søren Gade declined to close down the isolated Armadillo military base in the dangerous Helmand province of Afghanistan, manned by 150 Danish troops, even though it no longer played any…
MoreLeftists demand sanctions against Bahrain
The far-left Red/Green Alliance has urged Denmark to impose tough sanctions against the regime in Bahrain, and challenged Minister of Foreign Affairs Villy Søvndal to win the support of other EU foreign ministers…
More‘Greening’ of the EU is good for the economy
The European Union could save up to DKK500bn and create 400,000 jobs if all 27 member states actually implement the environmental laws adopted in Brussels. This is according to Minister for the Environment…
MoreIllegal Iraq deal ends in Supreme Court
The Bukkehave Corporation dealings with the Saddam Hussein regime in Iraq will be settled by the Supreme Court. The Svendborg-based vehicle supply company was originally given a DKK25m fine by a lower court…
MoreFogh Rasmussen: Afghanistan deadline remains unchanged
NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen insisted – yet again – that 31 December 2014 is the date that military forces will be withdrawn from Afghanistan. During a meeting of defence and foreign…
MoreAgreement ends with controversial security supplier
Security provider G4S’s lucrative contract to protect the European Parliament’s buildings in Brussels has been terminated due to its controversial contracts with Israeli settlements and military prisons, although the official line is that…
MoreSlash benefits for young people say social workers
Adding fuel to the welfare entitlements debate, the Danish Association of Social Workers (DASW) has suggested that social benefits for young unemployed should be slashed to fall in line with student grants (SU),…
MoreDanes send fan mail to mass murderer
Norwegian mass murder Anders Breivik has been receiving fan mail from Danes expressing their sympathy with his fanatical deeds and ideology. Court-appointed psychiatrist, Terje Tørrison, told the Norwegian newspaper, Verdens Gang, that Breivik…
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