16-year-old bomb maker facing prison
A 16-year-old Danish girl could be facing four years in prison after being charged with planning bomb attacks against two schools in Denmark. Public Prosecutor Lise-Lotte Nilas said when the unnamed girl, an…
MoreExports up
Exports and imports increased in December, mainly led by higher demand for machinery. The latest figures from Statistics Denmark show exports grew 3.5 percent and imports rose 1.6 percent from a year ago….
MoreCapital residents support wind-energy expansion
Copenhagen residents are overwhelmingly in favour of maintaining the capital’s focus on wind-powered energy. A new survey shows 85 percent support the building of new wind turbines in the Sound channel separating Copenhagen…
MoreDenmark gives extra DKK25m to Palestinian refugees
Denmark has made an extra contribution of DKK 25m ($ 3.6m) to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) in support of the Agency’s core…
MoreThe Week That Was, February 6th – February 12th 2017
Politics/Economy The government, backed by the Danish People’s Party (DPP), passed a parliamentary motion, Thursday, suggesting that immigrants and their descendants who have become Danish citizens aren’t really Danes. A new study by…
MoreCan immigrants ever become Danes?
The government, backed by the Danish People’s Party (DPP), passed a parliamentary motion, Thursday, suggesting that immigrants and their descendants who have become Danish citizens aren’t really Danes. The motion stated: “The Danish…
MoreMinister rejects cap on citizenship
Integration Minister Inger Støjberg has dismissed the Danish People’s Party’s (DPP) call for a cap of 1000 on the number of Danish citizenships handed out each year. Between 2013 and 2015, the authorities…
MoreIntegration Ministry to hire ‘deporters’
The Ministry of Integration is looking to hire 3 full time employees to work on deporting foreign nationals who have overstayed their welcome. The new employees, officially titled ‘foreign attachés’, will work to…
MoreDPP pol found guilty of leaking terrorist’s details
The Danish People’s Party’s (DPP) Finn Rudaizky was yesterday convicted of leaking confidential information about slain terrorist Omar El-Hussein who killed a filmmaker and a security guard in the 2015 Copenhagen attack. Copenhagen District Court…
MoreIntelligence Agency: Russia leads the way in cyber espionage
A new security assessment by the Centre for Cyber Security names Russia as ‘a leader’ in terms of hacking computer systems. The report said Russia ‘has advanced capabilities to perform extensive cyber espionage…
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