Minister quits
Food & Environment Minister Eva Kjer Hansen resigned, Saturday, ending a week of controversy that had threatened to topple the government. Ms Hansen had been accused by the Social-Democratic-led opposition and environmental groups…
MoreUSA calls for increase in defence spending
The USA is urging Denmark to increase its defence spending. Ahead of the NATO summit in Warsaw this summer Washington has launched a diplomatic offensive stressing the need for European countries to contribute…
MoreMosque promotes stoning, whipping
Unmarried fornicators should be whipped and adulterers stoned to death – the message being taught at the radical Grimhøj Mosque in Aarhus. In hidden camera footage obtained by TV2 an imam, Abu Bilal, is seen explaining very clearly…
MoreMinister rejects refugee villages
Integration Minister Inger Støjberg has ruled out the possibility of purpose-built refugee villages in Denmark. Parliament’s two biggest parties, the Social Democrats and Danish People’s Party, have pushed for purpose-built villages to ease…
MoreCrown Prince commences visit to Saudi Arabia
Crown Prince Henrik paid a courtesy visit to Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, Sunday, at the start of an official visit by a Danish trade delegation of politicians and business leaders to…
MoreThe Week That Was, February 22nd – 28th 2016
Politics/Economy Food & Environment Minister Eva Kjer Hansen resigned, Saturday, ending a week of controversy that had threatened to topple the government. Conservative leader Søren Pape Poulsen had sparked off a political crisis…
MoreTax Minister under Fire
(From Friday)….Tax Minister under Fire Tax Minister Karsten Lauritzen has been criticised in parliament for allegedly providing misleading information on the role of three of the nation’s large banks in enabling a massive withholding…
MoreDefiant Løkke: I won’t fire minister
Prime Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen is prepared to back his under-fire Environment Minister ‘all the way’ he said yesterday. After the opposition parties, backed by the Conservatives, put forward a vote of no…
MoreUnder-fire minister pulls out of Saudi trip
Under fire Agriculture Minister Eva Kjer Hansen has pulled out of the trade mission that leaves for Saudi Arabia tomorrow to concentrate on the parliamentary controversy surrounding her. She’ll be replaced by Business…
MoreConservatives won’t sit at same table as minister
Although Eva Kjer Hansen has pulled out of an official trip to Saudi Arabia to take part in negotiations for a supplementary amendment to the heavily criticised agriculture bill passed by parliament yesterday,…
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