Social Liberals: Stop Russian pipeline
The Social Liberals (Radikale) are determined stop the €11bn Russian gas pipeline project, North Stream 2, passing through Danish territorial waters. At the party’s summer group meeting MPs pushed for a ‘hard line’…
MoreGreenland MP excluded for credit card abuse
Greenland MP Aleqa Hammond has been excluded from her own Siumit party for misusing a credit card issued by the Danish parliament. Siumit leadership offered her the choice of remaining as a party…
MoreFemale led mosque holds first prayer session
The Mariam Mosque in Copenhagen, Scandinavia’s first female-led mosque, will host its first Friday prayers session this week, for women only. Founder of the mosque, Sherin Khankan, born in Denmark to a Syrian father…
MoreTax scam hits two billion dollars
The Tax Authority (SKAT) has been scammed out of more money in the share dividend scandal than previously reported. In a new report SKAT has upwardly adjusted the loss by DKK3.2bn to DKK12.3bn…
MoreCult leader avoids extradition
Mexico has denied a Danish request to extradite Mogens Amdi Perdersen, founder of the the global humanitarian organisation Tvind, often referred to as a cult. The controversial Mr Petersen and four other Tvind leaders…
MoreConsumers more confident
Consumer confidence rose to the highest level in four months in August, The consumer confidence index climbed to 4.8 in August from 3.1 in July, figures from Statistics Denmark showed Tuesday. In June, the…
MoreJustice Minister regrets jewellery law
The government misjudged the potential reaction to the controversial jewellery law, Justice Minister Søren Pind told TV2 News, Monday. When passed earlier this year the law, which gives immigration officials the right to…
MoreFlood of asylum seekers reduced to a trickle
Only 62 refugees or migrants applied for asylum in Denmark last week, the fifth week in a row that the figures have failed to hit one hundred. Since controls were reintroduced along the…
More100% rise in student expenditure – calls for cutbacks
Expenditure on the student grant (SU) scheme has increased dramatically over the past decade, leading to calls for cutback in the generous system. The number of SU recipients rose from 315,000 to 486,000…
MoreBrexit vote has had no effect on Danish job market
Despite the doomsday warnings, Great Britain’s impending exit from the EU has had no effect on the Danish labour market. Ahead of the June referendum, experts at the Danish Finance Ministry and leading…
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