Søvndal condemns terrorist attack in Nairobi, Pakistan
Foreign Minister Villy Søvndal (SPP) has denounced the terrorist organization al-Shabaab’s attack at the Westgate Shopping Centre in Nairobi, Kenya, where as many as 59 people are presumed dead and 300 injured. In…
MoreDanish warship heading for Somalia
The Danish warship, Esbern Snare, will take part in NATO’s anti-piracy mission off the coast of Somalia. And it will not be the first time that Denmark contributes to the fight against piracy….
MoreKnowledge-based companies create the most jobs
While large service and retail businesses continue to expand outside Denmark’s borders, the big knowledge-based pharmaceutical and ingredient companies are the ones who create jobs in Denmark. A new report by the Økonomiske…
MoreOpposition demands changes in Christiania
The Liberal Party and the Danish People’s Party have welcomed the Social Democrats’ willingness to normalize Christiania and break the monopoly that the ’68 generation’ of ageing hippies has had on the so-called…
MoreVilhelmsen declares war on right-wing extremists
Minister for Social Affairs and Integration, Socialist People’s Party (SPP) leader Annette Vilhelmsen, has warned that democratic principles have to be employed to fight the right-wing Danes’ Party which will be on the ballot…
MoreMega ship arrives in Copenhagen
The world’s largest containership docks at Langelinje today. The ship is a so-called Triple E, the second of twenty ordered by Maersk in South Korea, is 400 m long, 59 m in width…
MoreIncorrect property taxes raise doubts about 2020-plan
The government’s plan presupposes that Danish property owners will pay DKR 13.7 billion in property taxes in seven years based on the ‘current valuation’ according to an answer Minister of Finance Bjarne Corydon…
MoreThe Government must stop harassment of Iraqis
Defence spokeswoman Zenia Stampe (R) accuses the Government of trying to legally ‘trip up’ accusations against the Danish Government for co-responsibility for the torture of Iraqi civilians handed over to the Iraqi police…
MoreSyrian refugees must be returned
‘When the war in Syria is over, these people must be sent back home. I want the Minister of Justice to guarantee that he will actively help these people return’, Inger Støjberg, spokeswoman…
MoreAsylum regulations have not changed
There are no problems with the Refugee Board‘s new procedures and therefore there is no need for the Government to act. 95 per cent of asylum seekers from Syria were already granted temporary…
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