DPP calls for stop on family reunification for refugees
Refugees in Denmark should be deprived of the right to bring their family to this country – the latest suggestion from the Danish People’s Party (DPP) in the ever-present immigration debate. Everybody granted…
MoreUnemployment drop-outs find work
Employment reform hasn’t been as devastating as claimed. Revised Employment Ministry figures show that of the 42,00 who’ve lost the right to unemployment insurance since reform was enforced in January 2013, 26.8 per…
MoreDenmark is world’s fourth-largest polluter
Denmark isn’t as ‘green’ as often claimed. The World Wildlife Fund’s latest Living Planet Report, a biennial publication that documents the state of the planet – the changing state of biodiversity, ecosystems and…
MoreDanish Industry. Stop badmouthing immigrants
The head of Denmark’s most powerful interest group has urged politicians to stop badmouthing immigration. At a conference for 1,200 business leaders and politicians in Copenhagen, Tuesday, including Prime Minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt and…
MoreWikeleaks founder: Danish dirty tricks got Fogh Rasmussen the NATO job
Wikileaks founder Juaklina Assange has accused former Danish prime minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen of employing ’dirty tricks’ to get the job of NATO Secretary General five years ago. In an exclusive interview with…
MoreEconomy: From minus to plus in Q2
The Danish economy expanded slightly in Q2 by 0.2% of GDP compared to Q1, newly revised Statistics Denmark figures show, in sharp contrast to the previous report of a 0.3% decline. From Reuters: …
MoreConstruction sector pessimism
The construction sector expects major job losses within the industry next year as the long-awaited economic upswing fails to appear. Lars Storm, CEO of The Danish Construction Association (DCA), an employers’ organisation for…
More280 advisors will accompany Danish F-16’s
The government’s motion to despatch seven f-16 fighter jets to combat the Islamic State (Isis) threat, which will be voted on today, also contains provisions to send a support crew of 280 ‘advisors’….
MoreVoters support more aggression against Islamic State
Voters are prepared to go farther than the government to wipe out the Islamic State (Isil) – over half of the electorate supports the motion to send Dansih fighter jets to the region…
MoreChristiania: Drug money finances social projects
The multi-billion kroner cannabis industry Christiania not only lines the pockets of organised crime members – profits are often used to fund social projects within the ‘free state’ such as kindergartens and road…
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