More voters wants ‘Danexit’ vote
As the British ‘Brexit’ referendum approaches a new poll suggests an increasing number of Danes voters would like to see a similar ‘Danexit’ vote. According to an Epinon poll for DR News, 42%…
MoreDONG listing increases market value to DKK 108bn
Partially state-owned DONG Energy saw its shares rise by 10% on the first day of trading on Copenhagen Stock Market, Thursday, increasing its market value to over DKK100bn ($16bn) and making it the world’s…
MoreSupreme Court revokes passport in landmark ruling
The Supreme Court has upheld a lower court ruling to revoke the passport of a convicted terrorist and deport him to his native country of Morocco. Said Mansour, now 56, also known as…
MoreIntegration Minister threatens terrorist
Integration Minister Inger Støjberg has vowed to make life ‘intolerable’ for convicted terrorist Said Mansour if the immigration authorities are unable to deport him. After having his Danish passport revoked by the Supreme…
More2 guilty, 8 acquitted in PKK terror funding trial
The High Court convicted two men, Wednesday, of raising millions of kroner for Kurdish militants between 2009 and 2012, but acquitted eight others. In Denmark’s biggest ever terror-funding trial, the court found the…
MoreNew poll: Ruling Liberals hit new low
After nearly 12 months in power the ruling Liberals have sunk to their lowest level of support for 26 years. A new Wilke poll for Jyllands-Posten indicates that just 16.5% of the electorate…
MoreNew report highlights Denmark’s failure in Afghanistan
Denmark’s war effort in Afghanistan, 2001-14, is being questioned after a critical report published today shows the war-torn country is still very vulnerable and unable to offer basic security, justice, service, or economic…
MoreForeign Minister defends war commission closure
The highly-critical Afghanistan report to be published today doesn’t mean it was a mistake for the government to close down the Iraq and Afghanistan Commission, Foreign Minister Kristian Jensen said last night. The…
MoreIsrael condemns Danish funding of anti-Semitic oganisation
Speaker of the house Pia Kjærsgaard was presented with a list of organisations funded by Denmark, but which allegedly promote boycotts of Israel during her visit to Jerusalem, Wednesday. Israeli politician Ya’acov Peri,…
MoreSmokers beware: Illegal cigarettes contain rat droppings
A new report, ‘Illicit Cigarette Consumption in the EU’, shows an estimated 150 million illegal ‘ciggies’ were sold in this country last year. The report, by consultancy company KPMG, estimates that the illegal…
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