Parties denounce Queen’s Turkey visit
The Red/Green Alliance and Conservatives have called on Queen Margrethe to cancel her upcoming state visit to Turkey. The Conservatives’ foreign policy spokesman Naser Khader said the visit would be seen as official…
MoreMystery surrounds pilot training agreement with USA
Denmark has plans to purchase far fewer fighter jets than Norway but has agreed to permanently station twice as many in the USA for training purposes – ‘a mysterious decision’ according to aviation…
MoreJustice Minister heads for secret meeting
Justice Minister Søren Pind and three other prominent Danes have been invited to attend this year’s secret Bildeberg Group meeting, starting in Dresden, Germany, tomorrow. The secrecy surrounding the group has made it…
MoreTerrorist facing deportation could be allowed to stay
The Supreme Court will rule today whether 56-year-old convicted terrorist Said Mansour, ‘The Bookseller from Bronshøj’ who was sentenced to four years in prison last year with deportation to follow, should be stripped of…
MoreCall for stiffer penalties on rogue banks
Parliament’s two biggest parties, the Social Democrats and Danish People’s Party, have warned that Denmark may need to tighten punishments for bankers on the wrong side of the law as the Panama leaks…
MoreNational Gallery removes ‘N-word’
Denmark’s National Gallery has been accused of ‘censorship’ and ‘cleansing history’ after removing the word ‘negro’ from all titles and descriptions of paintings. The gallery said the words negro, and also Hottentot – a name applied…
MoreIndustrial production up
Denmark’s industrial production increased for the first time in three months in April, figures from Statistics Denmark showed Tuesday. Industrial production climbed a seasonally adjusted 0.8 percent month-over-month in April, reversing a 2.1…
More5 of Denmark’s new fighter jets to be stationed in USA
The government has recommended the purchase of 27 new fighter jets from Lockheed Martin but the number available to the Danish Air Force will be significantly less – five of the planes will…
MorePM faces grilling on secret archive
Prime Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen will be asked to explain today why a veil of secrecy has been thrown over an eight-year-old interview with his predecessor as Liberal leader, Anders Fogh Rasmussen, concerning…
MoreDanish voters against Brexit
Vote no to Brexit – that’s the overwhelming message from Danish voters to their British counterparts ahead of the upcoming EU referendum that will decide the UK’s EU future. In a new Gallup…
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