Posted on 23. Oct, 2014 in: News

10 Kurds acquitted of terror funding

A Danish court yesterday acquitted 10 men accused of terror financing for providing money to a Kurdish separatist group. In Denmark’s biggest-ever terror-funding trial, Copenhagen City Court said prosecutors failed to prove that…

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Posted on 23. Oct, 2014 in: News

Danish terrorist held in Lebanon

A 19-year-old Danish citizen has been detained in Lebanon since June on suspicion of being a member of the Islamic State’s terror network. According to Berlingske no formal charges have yet been lodged…

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Posted on 23. Oct, 2014 in: News

3,000 asylum seekers in September

Local authorities are struggling to cope with the ever-increasing wave of asylum seekers. Justice Minister Mette Frederiksen said the government needs to act quickly, after new figures showing that 3,000 refugees applied for…

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Posted on 23. Oct, 2014 in: News

Liberals: Soft policy has made Denmark a magnet for asylum seekers

The multi-billion expenditure on refugees has made Denmark a magnet for asylum seekers, the Liberals said yesterday, expressing concern that the extra funding needed to cover the dramatic increase in asylum seeks will…

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Posted on 23. Oct, 2014 in: News

Dalai Lama to visit Denmark

The Dalai Lama is to visit Denmark in February next year to speak about compassion, peace and tolerance at a Bella Centre conference in Copenhagen. The exiled Tibetan leader has visited Denmark eight…

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Posted on 23. Oct, 2014 in: News

Business shorts

Retail sales drop again / Ebola cash windfall for Bavarian Nordic /  Maersk will continue to go slow Retail: Danish retail sales fell by 0.9 per cent in September, the latest Statistics Denmark…

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Posted on 22. Oct, 2014 in: News

Justice Ministry’s double refugee blunder

The Justice Ministry has been forced to revise a press release from former minister Karen Hækkerup – twice. On the 19th of September, Ms Hækkerup, who quit two weeks ago, claimed that ‘the…

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Posted on 22. Oct, 2014 in: News

Refugee figures: Opposition smells blood

The Liberals have demanded answers from the government about its ‘flip-flop’ on asylum policy. The party had originally backed the proposals to tighten immigration policy to stem the massive influx of refugees –…

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Posted on 22. Oct, 2014 in: News

Left-winger demoted for Islamic State remarks

The Red/Green Alliance’s Christian Juhl has been demoted for threatening to topple the government and calling for dialogue with the Islamic State (Isis). Since being elected in 2011 Mr Juhl has on a…

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Posted on 22. Oct, 2014 in: News

Kenya rejects refugee proposal

Kenya has dismissed the idea of a Danish–funded refugee camp in the country as ‘condescending and irresponsible’. The Danish People’s Party (DPP), with support from the Liberal Alliance, has proposed that refugees from…

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