Low voter turnout – betting firms predict a no
Voter turnout in tomorrow’s EU referendum is expected to be very low by Danish standards. Election expert, Professor Kaspar Møller Hansen of Copenhagen University, forecasts just over half of the electorate will be…
MoreNovember record for asylum seekers
An estimated 4,500 refugees applied for asylum in Denmark in November, the highest monthly figure ever. After it was revealed, Monday, that October had broken all records, Jyllands-Posten reports today that the figures increased…
MoreSweden sends 1,000 refugees back to Denmark
Since Sweden imposed border controls on the 12th of November more than 1,000 refugees have been returned to Denmark, including 707 over the past week alone. It’s unknown as to whether they are…
More25 ghettos in Denmark
25 housing districts in Denmark are now offically designated as ghettos, a 20 per cent drop on last year and the lowest figure since 2010 when the list was first published. A ghetto…
MoreNovo in potential $295m diabetes deal
Pharmaceuical giant Novo Nordisk has agreed to buy the global rights to Xoma Corp.’s Type 2 diabetes treatment in a deal worth up to $295 million. The price tag includes a $5 million upfront payment…
MoreLøkke tones down climate ambitions at COP21
The Paris Climate Conference that got underway, Monday, will culminate in an agreement but it won’t be as ambitious as the UN is aiming for – that was the message from Prime Minister…
MoreSweden’s PM urges Denmark to join refugee quota programme
Sweden’s Prime Minister Stefan Löfven wants Denmark to agree to binding quotas on how to distribute refugees across the EU. He told DR News, Monday, that the refugee crisis is a problem for…
MoreDublin Accord clouds EU referendum
The Danish People’s Party (DPP) will demand a new referendum if Denmark loses the right to send asylum seekers back to other EU countries, the party’s popular MEP Morten Messerschmidt warned yesterday after…
MoreDenmark sends gunboat message to Putin
The presence of a Danish warship in the Mediterranean sends a ‘clear message’ to Russia that NATO alliance countries take care of each other, Defence Minister Peter Christensen (Lib) said yesterday. He said…
MoreNew record: 3,646 asylum seekers in October
3,646 refugees and migrants applied for asylum in Denmark in October, the highest single-month figure since January 2011, bringing the year-so-far total to 13,425. Syrians are still the biggest group of new arrivals,…
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