Demonstrators delay Ryanair flight
Ryanair has demanded more protection from the Danish authorities after union activists delayed its first-ever departure from Copenhagen Airport by three hours yesterday. In an email to Ritzau news the budget airline wrote…
MoreAnother Arabic ambassador quits Sweden
The United Arab Emirates recalled its ambassador from Sweden Wednesday, widening a diplomatic row triggered by the country’s criticism of Saudi Arabia. From the Daily Mail: The protest came a week after Saudi…
MoreNational Bank: Pressure on krone came from within
The National Bank has revealed it wasn’t international speculators who launched the recent attacks on the Danish krone – it was domestic institutions such as insurance companies and pension funds. The Bank also…
MoreCommission suggests cuts in benefits
A government-appointed commission has suggested cuts in social benefits are the key to encourage the unemployed to look for work. After two years of studying the problem of how to get 530,000 people…
MoreDKK44m to get immigrants into job market
The government will give jobcentres a DKK44m cash injection over the next two years in an effort to get 30,000 more immigrants and refugees into the labour market. The new ‘Everybody needs to…
MorePro-EU parties agree on referendum text
The five pro-EU parties, representing 75 percent of parliament, have reached agreement on the text of the referendum (see below) that Danish voters will be asked to vote on sometime within the next…
MoreDenmark moves closer to referendum
The Danish government reached a political agreement with the Liberal Party (Venstre), the Conservative Party (Det Konservative Folkeparti) and the Socialist People’s Party (Socialistisk Folkeparti) on the list of legislative files that Denmark…
MorePolice raid homes for links to terror attack
Copenhagen Police made a pre-dawn swoop on eight homes in and around the capital yesterday searching for new leads concerning last month’s terror attack. The force has said it is still trying to…
MoreGovernment backs down from surveillance proposal
The government has backed down from its controversial proposal to allow Military Intelligence (FE) to conduct electronic surveillance of Danes abroad without first acquiring a warrant. After fierce criticism from a host of experts who claimed the proposal…
MoreRoyal visit from Netherlands
HM Queen Margethe hosted at a gala dinner at Christiansborg Palace last night in honour of King Willem-Alexander and Queen Máxima of The Netherlands. Earlier in the day the King and The Queen…
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