DPP attacks new ethnic market
A local Danish People’s Party (DPP) politician has claimed that a new multi-cultural marketplace in the inner-city district of Nørrebro will drive out Danish culture. The market has been set up as a…
MoreSocialists call for inequality commission
Socialist People’s Party (SPP) leader Pia Olsen Dyrh has called for an independent commission to investigate the growing financial inequality within Danish society. In a debate with deputy Liberal leader Kristian Jensen at…
MorePoliticians hacked in cyber attack
The Social Democrats’ finance spokesman, Jesper Petersen, is one of 21 former or current Socialist People’s Party (SPP) politicians whose sensitive personal details have been hacked and posted on Twitter. According to Politiken,…
MoreNo NATO involvement in Iraq says Fogh Rasmussen
NATO Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen said yesterday he sees no role for the organisation in Iraq after Islamist militants seized swathes of territory in the country and took 80 Turkish citizens hostage. The…
MoreVestas eyes growth in China, India, Brazil
Vestas is aiming for significant growth in China, India and Brazil over the next three to five years, three emerging markets that make up about half of world turbine demand. The wind-energy giant…
MoreEU probe into Danish-German tunnel
European Union regulators are examining a complaint by ferry group Scandlines accusing Danish authorities of giving billions of euros in illegal state subsidies to state-owned builder Femern A/S to build a tunnel between…
MoreBritish PM promotes Thorning’s EU candidacy
Prime Minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt is one of British PM David Cameron’s favourites for the soon to be vacant job of President of the EU Commission, the respected London Daily Telegraph claims. According to…
MoreIraq facing humanitarian crisis says Foreign Minister
Foreign Minister Martin Lidegaard fears Iraq is facing a major humanitarian crisis after Islamist extremists seized control of much of Iraq’s second biggest city, Mosul, and the surrounding province. Mosul fell early on…
MoreDKK20m in emergency aid to Iraq
Development Minister Mogens Jensen has approved a DKK20m ($3.6m) emergency aid package to Iraq after the militant Islamic group ISIS seized the cities of Mosul and Tikrit, forcing as many as half a…
MoreEx-SPP leader cleared by inquiry
Ex-social minister Anette Vihelmsen feels ’vindicated’ by the outcome of the investigation into her role inb the so-called ’Zornig affair’ , when she assured the Huset Zorning voters rights organisation that it would be…
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