Minister calls for citizen snoops
Integration Minister Inger Støjberg has urged the general public to ‘snitch’ on illegal immigrants. In response to a TV2 documentary showing the number of illegal immigrants in Denmark has never been higher, the…
MoreParliament approves Estonia mission
Parliament has given the government the go-ahead to dispatch 200 troops to Estonia as part of a NATO-led operation to defend the Baltic states for the first time since the Cold War. Foreign…
MoreTwo men apprehended on suspicion of terrorism
Two men have been taken into custody on suspicion of violating Denmark’s anti-terror laws by planning to travel to Syria to fight for the Islamic State, the Associated Press reports. The case was…
MoreEconomic growth: Sweden, Norway outstrip Denmark
Denmark continues to lag behind Norway and Sweden in terms of economic growth due to the after effects of the property bubble that hit the Danish housing market in 2008, a new Nordea…
MoreVestager blocks stock exchange merger
Feisty Danish EU Competition Commissioner Margrethe Vestager has struck again by blocking the proposed merger between Deutsche Börse AG and London Stock Exchange Group. The Commission’s investigation concluded the proposed merger, which would…
MoreDenmark hosts coalition against ISIL meeting
120 experts in anti-laundering and counter-terrorism from 68 countries gathered in Copenhagen, Wednesday, for a two-day meeting of the financial working group of the Counter ISIL Finance Group (CIFG), which meets on a…
MoreDenmark to rent prison cells abroad
Denmark could soon be renting prison space in Romania and Lithuania to house criminals sentenced in this country, Justice Minister Søren Pape Poulsen said yesterday after a meeting of EU Ministers of Justice…
MorePM: British divorce from EU may have a happy outcome
Great Britain’s concluding EU exit negotiations that get underway today with the triggering of Article 50 are the start of a ‘tragic divorce’ that may yet end in a ‘happy outcome’, Prime Minister Lars…
MoreBelgian royals on state visit
HM Queen Margrethe mentioned both terrorism and Tintin when she hosted a gala state dinner for Belgium’s King Philippe and Queen Mathilde last night. Her Majesty said everybody had been shocked by the…
MoreUber and out
Controversial car-sharing service Uber’s time in Denmark is over. Uber, whose app is used by more than 2,000 drivers and 300,000 riders in this country, has pulled the plug on its Danish operations…
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