Løkke calls on NATO to fight terrorism
Prime Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen has urged NATO to adopt a more active role in the battle with the Islamic State (ISIS). In an interview with TV2, Tuesday, following the Manchester bombing he…
MorePM, Queen offer condolences to UK
Prime Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen vowed to strengthen the battle against terrorism after the ‘cowardly, vile attack’ at the Manchester Arena in the UK where at least 22 people, many of them youngsters,…
MoreMinister threatened by ‘smoking gun’ e-mail
Integration Minister Inger Støjberg is under increasing pressure to hand over a potential ‘smoking gun’ e-mail that questions the legality of the government’s ‘child bride’ legislation. On June 9th, 2016, just one day before…
MoreLabour market set to expand despite retirement setback
Despite the government’s failure to raise the retirement age the labour market will expand by 260,000 people ahead of 2025, the Economic Council of the Labour Movement (AE) predicts. Managing Director Lars Andersen…
MoreEU lays out location demands for post-Brexit agencies
Denmark and other countries hoping to host the European Medicines Agency (EMA) and European Banking Authority after Brexit forces them to relocate from London have been given a list of conditions by the…
MoreDanish health care worst in Nordic region
Denmark is ranked 24th out of 195 countries in terms of access to healthcare by the British Lancet, the world’s leading independent general medical journal, but is last in the Nordic region. However, despite…
MorePensioner jailed for online sexual assault
A 70-year-old man has been sentenced to 12 years in jail for ordering the sexual assault of hundreds of Filipino children and young people online. Glostrup district court found the man, who was…
MoreSpanish jihadists raised money in Denmark
Denmark played a decisive role when Spanish jihadists dispatched 26 militant Islamists to join al-Qaeda insurgencies in Mali, Libya, and Syria. Hundreds of leaked documents seen by DR News and Jyllands-Posten reveal how…
MoreDenmark to adopt euro by 2025?
According to a leaked memo obtained by German newspaper Frankfurter Allegemeine Zeitung, the European Commission has now demanded that all nations currently not part of the single currency – including Denmark – adopt…
MoreRetirement dispute – big win for DPP leader, resounding defeat for struggling prime minister
Prime Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen’s decision to drop his plan to raise the retirement age was a resounding defeat – and there are more on the way if he fails to repair his…
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