Political support for ‘King Henrik’
A majority of parties at Christiansborg would be willing to consider making Prince Henrik a King – if the Queen makes a formal request. As politicians celebrated International Women’s Day, Sunday, the Social…
MoreMinistry predicts export growth
The Foreign Ministry predicts strong export growth in basis products this year and next – goods and services not including shipping, aviation, and energy products. Minister for Trade & Development Mogens Jensen said…
MoreMore airport delays today
Copenhagen Airport is facing another day of disruption today after Norwegian Air, Europe’s third biggest budget airline, cancelled dozens of flights scheduled for Monday as talks with striking pilots failed to yield a…
MoreThe Week That Was, March 2nd – March 8th, 2015
Politics/Economy Opposition leader Lars Løkke Rasmussen was hit with a new expense account scandal when sensationalist tabloid daily Ekstra Bladet claimed that ‘substantial amounts of alcohol’ were consumed, at the Ministry of State’s…
MoreIslam critic on police rap
Islam critic Lars Hedegaard has been formally charged with breaching the anonymity order on the man suspected of trying to gun him down two years ago. According to Copenhagen Police, Mr Hedegaard has on two separate occasions…
MorePET tried to recruit murder suspect
The lawyer for the man who attempted to murder Islam critic Lars Hedegaard in 2013 claims that Danish Intelligence (PET) tried to recruit his client as a double agent and was in ‘close…
MoreHizb ut-Tahrir infiltrates local residents association
A high profile member of the extremist Hizb-ut-Tahrit organisation, who’s denounced democracy and called for a caliphate (society ruled by Islamic law) in Denmark, has been elected as the new chairman of the…
MorePut Mohammed cartoons on school curriculum says teacher
The Mohammed crisis could soon become an issue for educators after John Rydahl, chairman of the Religion Teachers, called for the controversial cartoons to be placed on the religious curriculum at Danish primary schools….
MoreNegative immigration debate damaging for Denmark says Liberals’ deputy leader
In a hard-hitting op-ed piece in Søndagsavisen, the Liberals’ deputy leader, Kristian Jensen, denounces the culture of pessimism and negativity that dominates the immigration debate in this country and which, he claims, ultimately…
MoreCopenhagen has become more expensive
Copenhagen has moved up two places on the Economist Intelligence Unit’s( EIU) 2015 list of the world’s most expensive cities. Singapore retains the top spot for the second year running as the top-5…
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