The European Court does not necessarily have the last say
Nobody can expect a EU member state to give up its own welfare system because of a ruling by the European Court, Chairman of the European Parliament, German Social Democrat Martin Schultz explained…
MoreNo more anonymity for Danish police officers
It has taken the Ministry of Justice and the Danish Police three years to come up with three suggestions as to how individual police officers can be identified in relation to complaints. In…
MoreNew NETS owner to be investigated
One of NETS’ new owners, the US venture capital fund Advent International (AI), will be subjected to further scrutiny by the Danish Competition Authority as it appears that AI also owns Oberthur, the…
MoreDanish builders are the ‘Eastern Europeans’ in Norway
Many a Danish craftsman will sneer at foreign, Eastern European, craftsmen who are not organised in a union and hence are not subjected to the relevant agreements in their field. However, Danish craftsmen…
MoreAn Englishman intent on making Magasin du Nord flourish
Peter King spent most of his career running the British department store Debenhams but now he takes a daily stroll through the Danish department store Magasin du Nord on Kongens Nytorv because it…
MoreHead of EU Parliament to Helle Thorning-Schmidt: ‘Nothing compares to you’
At a Copenhagen press conference, Tuesday, German President of the EU Parliament Martin Schulz spoke freely about the ‘welfare tourism’ issue and joked about his possible rival for a top EU post, Helle…
MoreFour lions join Marius the giraffe on Copenhagen Zoo’s death list
Copenhagen Zoo has again hit the headlines worldwide. After provoking international outrage last month for putting down ‘Marius’, a healthy giraffe, and dissecting it in front of children, the Zoo has now destroyed…
MoreCooperation with Russia is the only real option, says ex-foreign minister
Denmark has no option but to cooperate with Russia, according to ex-Socialist People’s Party (SPP) boss Holger K. Nielsen, ‘no matter how unappealing that appears.’ In an op-ed piece, the former foreign minister,…
MoreDanish ‘language gap’ unhealthy for immigration
The Danish language is too inflexible to deal with the immigration debate. According to linguistics expert Michael Ejstrup of the Danish School of Media & Journalism, the inability to find new words to…
MoreDenmark disregards Muslim refugees
Denmark has for the past decade ignored Muslim refugee camps when selecting ‘quota refugees’ to live up to UN stipulations. A new Justice Ministry report, for parliament’s Immigration & Integration Committee, reveals that…
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