Denmark ready to help new UN Mali mission – but no troops
The government is considering how to make a contribution to the 12,600-strong UN peacekeeping force in Mali, starting July 1 to combat Islamist extremists. Although the Danish Hercules transport plan, sent to provide…
MoreNorth Pole is Danish says Søvndal
Minister of Foreign Affairs Villy Søvndal is in no doubt that the region surrounding the North Pole is Danish territory. In an interview with Jyllands Posten ahead of today’s Arctic Council meeting in…
MoreCoca Cola in Danish flag dispute
Coca-Cola has been accused of ‘hijacking’ the Danish flag, the Dannebrog’ in an advertising stunt at Copenhagen Airport. After discovering that parts of the internationally-recognised Coca-Cola logo resembled the Dannebrog, opportunist ad-men at…
MorePM backs down on unemployment benefits
The government has bowed down to political and trade union pressure by finally agreeing to help the thousands of jobless who have lost, or stand to lose, their rights to unemployment benefits this…
More‘Keep whining and they’ll give you money’
If you whine log enough in this country a Social Democrat will eventually come along and write you a cheque – outspoken Liberal Alliance Joachim B.Olsen’s view of the government’s backdown on unemployment…
MoreTax boss rejects witnesses’ testimony
Head of department Peter Loft told the Taxgate Commission, Monday, that his former boss, ex-tax minister Troels Lund Poulsen, ordered him to investigate if the ruling that cleared Helle Thorning-Schmidt’s husband, Stephen Kinnock,…
MoreControversial Muslim scholars in Copenhagen
The Social Democrats are demanding assurances that two London-based Muslim scholars don’t incite hatred against Jews and homosexuals when they speak at a Copenhagen conference this weekend. Copenhagen Town Hall social administrator, Lars…
MoreGive Afghan interpreters a ticket to Denmark say Red/Greens
The Red/Green Alliance has urged the government to provide all Afghan interpreters who’ve assisted Danish troops with a visa and flight ticket to Denmark. After a report by the human rights organisation Avaaz…
MoreNew terrorism charge
Convicted Danish-Moroccan terrorist Said Mansour, the ‘Bookshop owner from Bronshøj’, has again been charged under anti-terrorism legislation, according to DR News. He was sentenced to three and a half years in prison in…
MoreNew ghetto initiative
Minister of Housing Carsten Hansen has set a goal of reducing the number of deprived housing districts in Denmark from 33 to 29. Backed by the government’s latest ‘ghetto report’, the minister said…
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