250 drunken Swedes sent home after Easter binge in Denmark
Police in Helsingør, north of Copenhagen, were forced to call in reinforcements, Easter Sunday, after an estimated 500 young drunken Swedes ran riot in the small town, home to ‘Hamlet’. At least 250…
MoreWhat makes Danes so content?
What is that makes Danes the, supposedly, happiest people in the world.? To discover the secret, the British Daily Mail dispatched a roving reporter to Aarhus to discover why Denmark has again been…
MoreLøkke: ‘Let’s hunt them down’
Prime Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen expressed his sympathy with Belgium and the Belgian people after yesterday’s airport attack. In an immediate Twitter response he wrote: “BXL attacked by terrorists. I feel sorrow and…
MorePM lays flowers at Belgian embassy
In a show of respect for the victims of the Brussels Airport tragedy Prime Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen laid flowers outside the Belgian embassy in Copenhagen, where he expressed his condolences directly to…
MoreJustice Minister beefs up police presence
Danish security forces are on high alert and there will be a ‘visible presence’ of police on the streets, Justice Minister Søren Pind said yesterday after the Brussels attacks. “Europe has yet again…
MoreRed/Greens: Punishing imams is thought control
The Red/Green Alliance has dismissed the Danish People’s Party’s proposals to strip hate preachers of their Danish citizenship and limit religious freedom as ‘thought control’ and ‘undemocratic’. The proposals already have the backing…
MoreUN praise for religious freedom in Denmark but ‘room for improvement
Denmark has received praise from the UN for the extent of religious freedom in this country but warned that there’s still room for improvement. After concluding a nine-day fact-finding mission the UN’s Special…
MoreRetail sales down
Leading economists expressed concern yesterday after Denmark’s retail sales decreased in February following modest growth the previous month, largely led by a slump in clothing sales. The latest figures from Statistics Denmark showed…
MoreDanish icon could become Chinese
World renowned Bang & Olufsen could soon be owned by a rich Chinese investor, Qi Jianhong, owner of the Danish luxury home electronics company’s distribution partner Sparkle Roll Group Ltd, From Bloomberg News: …
MorePolitical majority aiming to limit religious freedom
A cross-party political majority is preparing to pass legislation that would allow the authorities to strip ‘hate preachers’ of their citizenship. The Danish People’s Party will put two wide-reaching proposals on the table…
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