Bomb hoax closes airports, shopping centres
A man was in custody last night suspected of a spate of bomb hoaxes that forced the evacuation of two local airports and two shopping malls earlier in the day. Additional threats were…
MoreMinister demands answers from Maersk
Minister for the Environment Esben Lunde Larsen has demanded a full report from Maersk as to why some of its decommissioned ships are being dismantled for scrap at notorious scrapyards on India and…
MoreRetail sales up, producer prices down
Retail purchases with the Danish national debit card, Dankort, usually an indicator of consumer confidence, rose 5 percent in September from a year earlier to DKK 29.8bn ($4.49 billion). At the same time,…
MoreDPP hit by new EU-funding scandal
The Danish People’s Party (DPP) has again been accused of misusing EU funding. The party allegedly spent DKK 200,000 granted by the EU-sceptic Movement for a Europe of Liberties and Democracy (MELD) to finance two annual…
MoreLøkke ‘regrets’ cover-up of UN letter
Prime Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen has admitted it was a mistake to conceal a letter from the UN criticisng the government’s controversial jewellery law. He told left-wing daily information there was nothing secret…
MoreJustice minister seek deportation deal with Romania
Romanian criminals convicted in Denmark could soon be serving time in their own country. After a meeting with his Romanian counterpart, Raluca Alexandra Pruna, on the sidelines of an EU meeting in Luxembourg,…
MoreNew threat to topple PM
The New Conservatives have threatened to topple the prime minister if he allows public expenditure to rise. The new, far-right party has collected the 20,000 verified voter signatures needed to be put on…
MoreMaersk ship ends up on Bangladesh beach
A 52,000-ton oil tanker formerly owned by Maersk is being broken up on a Bangladesh beach in violation of the company’s own ethical guidelines. After it was revealed last week that Maersk is…
MoreGreenland calls on Denmark to clean up nuclear site
A new study indicating that melting Artic ice could expose biological, chemical and radioactive waste at an abandoned US military base in Greenland has prompted calls for Denmark to accept responsibility for a…
MoreItalian ambassador calls for EU solidarity in refugee crisis: ‘Border control is not the answer’
EU countries’ efforts to reject refugees and migrants won’t ease the migration crisis, according Italy’s Ambassador to Denmark, HE Stefano Queirolo Palmas. Integration Minister Inger Støjberg travelled to Luxembourg last week looking to…
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