Desperation for refugees stranded in Denmark
Refugees stranded in this country on their way to Sweden are becoming more and more desperate, Deutsche Welle (DW), Germany’s international broadcaster reports. From DW: The atmosphere at the Sommersted asylum centre in…
MoreTax officials facing redundancy after foul-ups
A long line of Tax Authority (SKAT) scandals will lead to top officials being fired if it’s up to the centre-right majority. After the share dividend fiasco and a report charting aggressive, and…
MoreMaersk boss: Weakest shipping market for six years
The shipping market is so weak this year it’s close to the crisis level of 2009, Maersk CEO Nils Smedegaard Andersen told international analysts and investors at the shipping giant’s fourth Capital Markets…
MoreIntegration Minister wants ‘dialogue’ with Sweden
Integration Minister Inger Støjberg is hoping to initiate direct talks with the Swedish government about the hundreds of refugees stranded in Denmark on their way to Sweden. At the moment all official dialogue…
MoreRefugees sent back to Germany
The first 20 refugees have been sent back to Germany. The south Jutland police said in a statement that the ‘transit migrants’ declined to apply for asylum in this country and were therefore…
MoreDenmark facing EU legal technicality
The EU proposals for a mandatory program to distribute refugees among EU countries could signal the start of a new asylum policy headache for the government. Due to its opt-out on common asylum…
MoreDanish woman smuggles refugee in yacht
A young Danish woman has admitted to smuggling a refugee across the Øresund (Sound Strait) to Malmø in her sailing boat. The British Independent newspaper reports how hundreds of people in Sweden and…
MoreLebanon professor: Anti-migrant ads ‘a waste ot time’
The government’s controversial anti-migrant adverts placed in Lebanese media have been largely ignored, according to a professor at The American University of Beirut who said people in his country have ‘bigger things to…
MoreFrench backing for Thorning-Schmidt’s UNHCR bid
Helle Thorning-Schmidt’s bid to become the UN High Commissioner for Refugees has been given a tentative show of support from France. After talks at a conference in Paris, Tuesday, Foreign Minister Kristian Jensen…
MoreSmoking creates health inequality between social classes
The disproportionate number of smokers in low income groups is the major cause of an increase in health inequality in this country. A new report by the Danish Health & Medicines Authority (Sundhedsstyrelsen)…
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