Muslim poet thrown out of new mosque
The young Danish Palestinian rapper and poet Yahya Hassan was booed by Muslims and ordered to leave when he turned up for the opening of the new purpose-built mosque in Copenhagen yesterday. Mr…
MoreAnalyst: No US intervention in Iraq
One of Denmark’s leading military analysts believer’s there’s little chance of USA intervening in Iraq. After Iraq asked the United States for air strikes against insurgents from the Islamic State of Iraq and…
MoreDanish hostage freed in Syria
A Danish freelance photographer has been freed after being held hostage in Syria for 13 months, the Danish Foreign Ministry confirmed in a press release last night. Daniel Rye Ottosen was captured in…
MoreTelecom companies clam up on surveillance allegations
Denmark’s biggest telecom companies have refused to confirm or deny whether they’ve provided Danish Intelligence (FE) and consequently the US National Security Agency (NSA) with access to their fibre optic network. US whistleblower…
MoreNew documents reignite surveillance debate
The Red/Green Alliance has called the latest revelations from whistleblower Edward Snowden “a ticking bomb” in the surveillance debate. The party’s defence spokesman Nikolay Villumsen described the reports that the American National Security…
MoreCivil registration numbers of 91 MPs leaked online
The cyber-attack on politicians continues after the personal details of 91 parliamentarians, including those of Justice Minister Karen Hækkerup and Economy Minister Margrethe Vestager, were posted on the internet. The activists behind the…
MoreFogh warns Russia, calls for more defence spending
NATO Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen said on Thursday that at least a few thousand more Russian troops were now at Ukraine’s eastern border, a build-up he called a ‘regrettable step backwards’. “We now…
MoreSnowden documents reveal Danish intelligence partnership with NSA
Intelligence gathering collaboration between Denmark and the U.S. National Security Agency (NSA) is deeper than previously believed, left-leaning daily Information reports today. Danish Military Intelligence (FE) has allegedly cooperated with the NSA by…
MoreLunch in Berlin – or job interview?
Is Prime Minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt’s ‘informal lunch’ with Chancellor Angela Merkel today in reality a job interview? That’s the question being asked by commentators who predict today’s Berlin meeting between the two leaders…
MoreLøkke quits GGGI
Liberal leader Lars Løkke Rasmussen has stepped down as chairman of the controversial Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI), six months ahead of time. The former prime minister is currently attending a meeting at…
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