Russian threat: Britain’s Defence Secretary says NATO members will not be intimidated
British media reported that during a one-day visit to Romania yesterday Defence Secretary Michael Fallon vowed that NATO will not be intimidated by threats to its members, after Russia’s ambassador to Denmark, Mikhail Vanin,…
MoreFewer foreign fighters
There’s been a significant drop in the number of young Danish Muslims travelling to Syria and Iraq to become foreign fighters – 37 last year compared to 66 in 2013. Although some could…
MoreJail time for Christiania pushers
16 drug dealers were sentenced to a total of 49 years in prison by Copenhagen District Court, Monday, in one of three major cases involving cannabis sales in the ‘free state’ of Christiania….
MoreConsumer confidence highest since 2006
Consumer confidence improved for the third straight month in March to reach its highest level in more than 9 years, the latest figures from Statistics Denmark showed Monday. The consumer confidence index climbed…
MoreBusiness shorts
Bank customers have suffered negative interest for years / SAS loses ground / Novo Nordisk wins approval for obesity pill Negative interest: Negative interest has dominated the financial headlines over the past two…
MoreAmbassador warns of possible attack on Danish warships
Denmark’s relationship with Russia could become even more strained after Russian Ambassador Mikhail Vanin warned that Danish warships could become legitimate targets for a nuclear attack. In an opinion piece in Jyllands-Posten, Saturday,…
More‘Ambassador has Putin’s backing’
Russian ambassador Mikhail Vanin’s warning that Danish warships could become targets for Russian nuclear missiles will have no repercussions for his career – in fact, quite the opposite, according to a well-known Russian…
MoreThorning plays ‘immigration card’
Prime Minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt has played the ‘immigration card’ in an election campaign that hasn’t yet been announced but is, in reality, already underway. Immigration has traditionally been a difficult issue for the…
MoreDPP: Social Democrats are distorting the truth
The Danish People’s Party (DPP) has accused the Social Democrats of distorting the truth in their new ‘tough on immigration’ ad campaign. The DPP’s spokesman on immigration, Martin Henriksen, called it ‘manipulation of…
MoreSwedish party denounces Danish racism
A Swedish left-wing party has dismissed the new Social Democrat ad campaign targeting immigrants as racist. The Vänsterparti, Sweden’s equivalent of the Red/Green Alliance, has launched a counter campaign in Copenhagen’s neighbouring city,…
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