Government extends temporary border control
Denmark will extend temporary controls at its border with Germany by 30 days to June 2, Integration Minister Inger Støjberg said on Monday. The government first implemented temporary border controls on Jan. 4…
MoreAsylum applications hit new low
Only 45 refugees applied for asylum in Denmark last week, the lowest number since controls were re-imposed along the southern border with Germany. The number included 10 Afghan nationals, 2 Iraqis, 1 Syrian…
MoreIntelligence boss charged with racism
The head of Danish Intelligence (PET) has been hit with accusations of racism. Flemming Drejer is being investigated by the Independent Police Prosecutor after anonymous complaints from officers in the North Zeeland police…
More‘Terror’ art exhibition reported to police
An upcoming Copenhagen art exhibition has been reported to the police for encouraging terrorism and portraying suicide bombers killed in the Brussels and Paris attacks as heroes. A Danish group of artists plans…
MoreBusiness shorts
Blue chip companies post Q1 results: Vestas down, Novo and Realkredit up: Vestas: Wind energy giant Vestas’ profit fell in the first quarter although orders for wind turbines surged and margins widened. Net…
MoreDenmark backs German call for Schengen extension
Denmark is amongst six states that will formally ask the EU to extend inter-Schengen border controls for a further six months in a joint letter to be sent to Brussels today. The Integration…
MoreDPP tries to sabotage government’s labour agreement
Danish People’s Party leader Kristian Thulesen Dahl has invited the Social Democrats to form a joint front to sabotage the government’s tripartite labour agreement aimed at getting more refugees into work. Prime Minister…
MoreOpposition leader targets tax cheats in May 1st speech
Tax Minister Karsten Lauritzen has promised to take a ‘serious look’ at the Social Democrats’ 17 proposals to combat tax fraud. Social Democrat leader Mette Frederiksen highlighted the problem of tax shelters and…
MoreSocialists call for clampdown on ‘benefit tourists’
The Socialist People’s Party (SPP) has called for new rules to discourage ‘welfare tourism’. In her May 1st speech, normally welfare-friendly party leader Pia Olsen Dyhr said it’s an ever-rising problem that foreign…
MoreNew foreign policy report today: More defence spending
Denmark has ‘done the right thing’ by intensifying the war on the Islamic State (ISIS), according to Denmark’s ‘troubleshooter’ ambassador, Peter Taksøe-Jensen. In his intial report to be published today, Mr Taksøe-Jensen, who…
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