Democracy in the nursery
A government proposal to give toddlers as young as one year of age democratic rights has been dismissed as a ‘step too far’ by children’s rights organisations. A new bill put forward by…
MoreBritish couple demand compensation for false counterfiet charge
A British couple has launched a DKK1.3m ($200,000) compensation claim for unlawful detention in this country. 57-year-old businessman Alistair Blackburn and his Chinese-born wife, Wen Zu, were arrested in 2014 trying to exchange…
MoreHow powerful is your passport?
Denmark has, jointly, the world’s third most ‘powerful’ passport according to a new global ranking. The latest 2017 Passport Index ranks Germany first, Singapore and Sweden joint second, and Denmark joint third alongside Finland,…
MoreBusiness shorts
Test centre for mega windmills / Germany approves DONG project / Vestas upgrades 2016 expectations Mega windmills: The government has put forward a proposal to extend the two National Test Centres for Large Wind Turbines, at Østerild…
MoreVoters desert DPP
A new analysis of voter migration reveals the Danish People’s Party (DPP) is losing support at an alarming rate. 41,000 DPP voters have crossed over to the Social Democrats in the wake of…
MoreLocal pol claims City Hall cover-up
A local politician charged with leaking confidential information about slain terrorist Omar El-Hussein to the press claims he did so because Copenhagen City Hall was involved in a cover-up. The Danish People’s Party’s…
MoreSupport for Trump’s migrant comments
US President-elect Donald Trump’s claim that Germany’s Chancellor Merkel made ‘one very catastrophic mistake’ by admitting more than 1m migrants is echoed by politicians in this country. According to the Danish People’s Party’s integration…
MoreEx-PM backs Trump on NATO
Former Danish prime minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen believes Donald Trump has the potential to ‘stabilise American politics and rebuild confidence in US political leadership over the next few years’. In a self-written article…
MoreStøjberg stands firm on UN refugees
Local authorities won’t be permitted to defy the government by unilaterally offering shelter to UN quota refugees, Integration Minister Inger Støjberg said yesterday in response to a request from Social Democrats in the…
MoreDPP blocks anti-terror bill
The Danish People’s Party (DPP) has come out against a new bill that would legally ban access to websites promoting terrorist propaganda. Although the new bill, which was given its first hearing last…
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