Danish headache as EU Commission moves to reform ‘Dublin’
Denmark is faced with a potential dilemma today when the EU Commission unveils its proposals to reform the so-called Dublin regulation rules on asylum, aimed at ensuring a fairer and more equal relocation…
More‘Cowardly’ Løkke declines parliamentary summons
Prime Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen has been dismissed as a ‘coward’ for refusing to be grilled by parliament’s Environment & Food Committee about the controversial agriculture bill, which led to the resignation of…
More1 in 2 foreign fighters have returned to Denmark
Around half of all Danish Islamic State sympathisers who have travelled abroad since 2011 have returned to this country again A new report by the Hague-based International Centre for Counter-Terrorism (ICCT) reveals that…
MoreTax Minister ‘outraged’ as tax evasion scandal grows
Tax Minister Karsten Lauritzen has invited banks, accountants and tax lawyers to ‘informal but serious’ talks about tax shelters, after leaked documents from the Panamanian Mossack Fonsea law firm implicated Nordea and Jyske…
More51 Danes named in tax shelter scandal
It isn’t just companies and rich Danes that have set up shell companies in Panama. A review of documents leaked from Mossack Fonseca by Politiken reveals that 51 Danish nationals have provided the…
MoreMP candidate made bomb threat
A parliamentary candidate for the Alternative Party has previously equated Israel with Hitler, issued a bomb threat against Aarhus University, and called for infidelity to be made illegal. The ‘free thinking’ Alternatives were…
MoreGovernment hopes to keep North Sea gas field going
The government is hoping to find an economically viable solution for gas production in the North Sea, after A.P. Moller-Maersk’s threat to shut down the country’s main gas field. Maersk Oil has warned…
MoreAsylum seekers converting to Christianity
Hundreds of asylum seekers in this country are reportedly in the process of converting to Christianity. According to the Danish National Church’s asylum help wing (Folkekirkens Asylasamarbejde) at least 300 asylum seekers, the…
MoreJewellery law has never been used
The ’jewellery law’ that provoked negative headlines for Denmark throughout the world when it was passed by parliament two months ago hasn’t yet been employed. The controversial confiscation policy, which has been compared…
MoreDenmark accepts UN human rights recommendations
Although Foreign Minister Kristian Jensen claimed that Denmark’s refugee policy is ‘misunderstood’ when he appeared before the in UN in Geneva in January for a review of Denmark’s human rights policies, Denmark has…
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