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CPH Airport Europe’s ‘most efficent’ / Rockwool expansion in US / Vestager charges General Electric Copenhagen Airport (CPH) has again been rated the most efficient airport in Europe, for the twelfth time in fourteen…
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A young refugee couple who are suing the immigration authorities have been labelled ‘ungrateful’ and ‘disrespectful’ by the Danish People’s Party (DPP). The Syrian couple fell foul of Integration Minister Inger Støjberg’s ‘child-bride’…
MoreSocial Democrats: Stop giving money to Muslim schools
The Social Democrats are aiming to stop state funding for Muslim free schools. The party’s integration spokesman, Dan Jørgensen, acknowledged the proposal could be discriminatory and in violation of Danish legislation but called…
MoreStøjberg welcomes new EU migration plan
The new EU migration plan contains some ‘good points’, Integration Minister Inger Støjberg said last night ahead of today’s informal ministerial meeting in Tallin, Estonia. The new action plan, unveiled by the European…
MoreLiberal whip ‘stabbed government in the back’
A former cabinet minister has accused Liberal Party whip Søren Gade of ‘stabbing the government in the back’ to further his own political ambitions by claiming recently that the coalition is conducting ‘socialist policy’…
MoreVelux hit by industrial espionage
Velux, the world’s leading manufacturer of roof windows and skylights, has been hit by a murky case of industrial espionage. A former top executive is suspected of trying to sell business secrets to…
MoreCourt to test new begging law
A Swedish beggar will appear in Glostrup District Court today, the first person to be charged under the government’s new begging law. The law, rushed through parliament last month following weeks of heated…
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Maersk dumps illegal chemicals / Maersk sells North Sea oil field / Record year for fishing industry A Maersk Oil report concerning the company’s illegal dumping of chemicals in the North Sea is…
MoreForeign Minister defends criticism of Trump
Foreign Minister Anders Samuelsen maintained his criticism of President Trump, Tuesday, when he gave a speech at the traditional July 4th celebration at Rebild Bakke. Without specifically naming his controversial response to Mr…
MoreUS embassy: Twitter dispute is no big issue
Acting US ambassador Laura Lochman said yesterday the close relationship between Denmark and the USA won’t be affected by the ‘twitter’ dispute between the two allies. Ms Lochman, who’s heading the US embassy…
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