Human Rights Watch: Danish report ‘deeply flawed’
The controversy surrounding the Danish Immigrations Service’s fact-finding report on conditions in Eritrea is also being closely monitored abroad. The international human rights organisation, Human Rights Watch, urges other countries to ignore the…
MoreLeft-wing MEPs happy as EU moves towards recognition for Palestine
Left-leaning Danish MEPs welcomed yesterday’s European Parliament resolution that recognises the state of Palestine ‘in principle’. Social Democrat, left-wing and Green members of the European Parliament had initially put forward the motion for…
MoreConservatives launch election campaign – tax cuts for all
The Conservatives will fight next year’s election campaign on a platform of widespread tax cuts. Conservative leader Søren Pape Poulsen said yesterday that allowing people to keep more of the money they earn…
MoreProsecutor demands deportation for terrorist
The Public Prosecutor has appealed the ‘lenient’ sentence handed down to Danish/Moroccan Said Mansour and demanded he be thrown out of the country – the convicted terrorist’s defence lawyer has launched a counter…
MoreRich landowners paid millions in farming subsidies
Super-rich Danish landowners have received millions of kroner in EU agricultural subsidies while struggling farmers are struggling to make ends meet. Kjeld Kirk Kristiansen, who as head of Denmark’s richest family retains a…
MoreGerman road toll unfair for Danish motorists
Danish business leaders believe the new German road tax is disproportionally unfair towards Danish motorists. The toll, which will impact approximately 700 million foreigners who drive in Germany, is set to come into…
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Denmark leads the way in transparency/ Vestas welcomes US tax break/ Danish companies react to Russian crisis Transparency: The European Union has agreed rules to stamp out tax evasion and stop dirty money…
MoreElectioneering dominates final PM’s question time
Helle Thorning-Schmidt utilised the final prime minister’s question time of 2014, Tuesday, to attack the opposition parties – and particularly Liberal leader Lars Løkke Rasmussen – about their lack of a cohesive policy…
MoreNo short-term solution for Syrian refugees says deputy PM
There’s little chance of Syrian refugees returning home in the near future so local authorities need to start integrating them immediately – that was the message from Social Liberal (R) leader, and deputy…
MoreLeft wing urges government to drop asylum bill
The left wing has urged the government to drop its planned asylum restrictions after Social Liberal leader Morten Østergaard’s comments that Syrian refugees will in all likelihood remain in Denmark for years. The…
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