Government: OK for EU to rule on other countries’ asylum policy
The EU shouldn’t be allowed to decide Denmark’s refugee policy – that’s been the constant message from both Prime Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen and opposition leader Mette Frederiksen over the past few weeks…
MoreDPP MP: What’s GDP?
A Danish People’s Party MP has admitted she was ‘talking nonsense’ when she suggested in a radio interview that refugees could be helped by cutting GDP. Pernille Bendixen told news radio 24/7 on…
MorePET: No terrorists amongst refugees
Danish Intelligence (PET) doesn’t believe Islamic radicals are trying to use the migration flow and Europe’s passport-free Schengen travel zone to smuggle terrorists into the West. However, at a press conference alongside Justice…
MoreNew poll: Majority yes in EU referendum
A majority of the electorate is ready to drop Denmark’s EU justice and home affairs in the upcoming December 3rd referendum. In a new Gallup poll, 58% of voters say yes to replacing…
MorePolice were ordered to seize Tibet flag
Audio files indicate that the police violated demonstrators’ freedom of expression rights during the state visit to Denmark of former Chinese President Hu Jintao three years ago. A lower court had previously ruled…
MoreNovo to invest €70m in Iran as sanctions ease
As a direct result of the nuclear deal with Iran, Novo Nordisk, the world’s largest diabetes drug maker, is to invest around DKK522m (€70mln) to build an insulin manufacturing plant in the Middle…
MoreDrop in retail sales
Denmark’s retail sales dropped marginally in August after rising in the previous two months, preliminary figures from Statistics Denmark showed Tuesday. Retail sales edged down 0.1 percent month-over-month in August, reversing a 0.8…
MoreConsumer confidence down
Denmark’s consumer confidence declined to a 19-month low in September, Statistics Denmark revealed Tuesday, the sixth consecutive month on month decline. The consumer confidence index dropped to 5 in September from 9.2 in…
MoreAsylum applications remain stable despite refugee chaos
An estimated 12,400 refugees and migrants have crossed the Danish border since September 6th but only a minority have applied for asylum – around 100 a day, according to the Immigration Service, or…
MoreLøkke at 10 Downing Street
British PM David Cameron greeted Prime Minister Lars Lokke Rasmussen for bilateral talks at his Downing Street residence, Monday, which included Britain’s forthcoming referendum on European Union membership and the refugee crisis facing…
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