Posted on 29. May, 2012 in: News

Mole’s name revealed

A former leading journalist for sensationalist tabloid daily Ekstra Bladet is suspected of being a major spy for the notorious East German intelligence agency, Stasi. Politiken claims that Per Michaelsen, who was awarded…

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Posted on 29. May, 2012 in: News

New report clears officials in CIA affair

Danish officials have been cleared of any duplicity in the CIA renditions flights affair, a new report by the Danish Institute for International Studies (DIIS), to be published later today, concludes. The alleged…

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Posted on 29. May, 2012 in: News

Torture allegations against Poland

The Justice and Foreign Affairs ministries have been asked to respond to allegations that a Danish national was tortured whilst detained in a Polish prison. A group of doctors working under the auspices…

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Posted on 29. May, 2012 in: News

DPP calls for crackdown on cannabis clubs

The Danish People’s Party (DPP) is demanding that the police be given the authority to immediately close down cannabis clubs in Copenhagen after two violent episodes over the holiday weekend when one club…

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Posted on 29. May, 2012 in: News

Border trade hits drink sales

The Tax Ministry has for the first time ever admitted that it’s seriously under-estimated the amount of beer and soft drinks that flow into the country from discount retailers across the border. According…

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Posted on 29. May, 2012 in: News

Last week Bill – this week Hillary

Former US President Bill Clinton was in Copenhagen last week and this week it’s the turn of his wife, Hillary Clinton. The US Secretary of State arrives in the capital on Thursday, the…

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Posted on 25. May, 2012 in: News

Danish parliament gets British makeover

Prime Minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt will be ‘grilled’ twice a month in face to face duels with opposition party leaders from November as the Danish parliament attempts to copy the ‘mother’ parliament in London….

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Posted on 25. May, 2012 in: News

China stops MP’s Tibet trip

When members of parliament’s Foreign Policy Committee travel to China in two weeks’ time it won’t involve a trip to the disputed province of Tibet – Beijing has denied permission, citing a change…

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Posted on 25. May, 2012 in: News

Tax reform bill could hit homeowners hard

Homeowners are being targeted by the government’s upcoming tax reform, even though the coalition parties promised not to touch property taxes during the election campaign last year. According to Berlingske, the proposed reform…

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Posted on 25. May, 2012 in: News

Jobless will bear the brunt of tax reform

The unemployed could be forced to foot much of the bill for upcoming tax reform. According to ‘highly placed sources’, the government, as part of its philosophy that it should always pay to…

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