Greenpeace’s Arctic appeal to Kerry
Greenpeace has urged John Kerry to ‘knock some sense’ into Denmark about Arctic protection. The environment organisation has sent an open letter to the Secretary of State ahead of his arrival in Copenhagen…
MoreNew asylum agreement could breach conventions
A new cross-party agreement on ‘tolerated residency’ for rejected asylums who refuse to leave the country could be in violation of international conventions. 69 people granted tolerated residency will in future be housed…
MoreFraud squad seizes DKK 400m of tax scam money
The State Prosecutor’s Office for Serious Economic and International Crime, popularly known as the fraud squad, has seized a further DKK 400m (€53m) of the DKK9.1bn the Danish tax authorities were tricked into paying in…
MoreEx-minister assaulted
Former Justice Minister Morten Bødskov was assaulted while watching the European Championship match between Portugal and Iceland on an outdoor screen at Islands Brygge, Tuesday. A police spokesman said Mr Bødskov was with…
MoreDenmark tops EU price list
Denmark had the highest consumer prices for food in 2015. The latest survey by the EU’s statistical agency, Eurostat, reflecting the price level of a comparable basket of food and non-alcoholic beverages across…
MoreProducer prices down
Pproducer prices declined at a faster pace in May, figures from Statistics Denmark showed Wednesday. The producer price index fell 3.9 percent year-over-year in May, which was worse than the 2.5 percent decrease…
MoreNational Bank warns of ‘unlimited intervention’ to protect krone
The National Bank has warned that Denmark is ready to slash interest rates and make unlimited interventions in the currency market to defend the krone’s peg to the euro. Uncertainty over the outcome…
MoreMuslim student makes Facebook protest after prayer ban
A female Muslim pupil has launched a Facebook protest after her school slapped a ban on praying during working hours. From the British Independent: Students at a training college for health care and…
MoreGovernment welcomes European court’s benefit ruling
The government has welcomed a European Court of Justice (ECJ) ruling that Great Britain is within its rights to restrict social benefits to some EU migrants. The European Commission had challenged the British…
MoreDanes demand British-style EU concessions
If Britons vote to leave the EU this month a majority of Danes want Prime Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen to go to Brussels and demand the same safeguards against welfare tourism that his…
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