Russia fined in ‘Danish’ Greenpeace mission
A tribunal in The Hague has fined Russia DKK40.5m (€5.4m) for the illegal capture of a Greenpeace ship in 2013, which led to a Danish activist being detained for months. The Arctic Sunrise,…
MoreEU approves bank’s rescue plan
Denmark’s EU Competition Commissioner, Margrethe Vestager, has granted the Vestjysk Bank regulatory approval for a restructuring plan which includes Danish private investors buying the government’s 81.5 percent stake in the bank and refocusing…
MoreNew twist in child bride affair: Young girls lied
A number of Muslim child brides could be facing deportation after it was revealed they lied about their age on arrival in Denmark to improve their application for asylum. 6 out of 32…
MoreDeadbeat dads owe the state DKK8bn
The ruling Liberals have vowed to crack down on ‘deadbeat dads’ after it was revealed that the state is owed DKK8bn in unpaid child support. After a divorce or separation, fathers, or mothers,…
MoreFormer Minister: Pia Kjærsgaard abuses speaker role
Speaker of the House Pia Kjærsgaard isn’t fit to lead parliament, according to former cabinet minister Britta Schall Holberg who in a hard-hitting op-ed piece in Politiken accuses the ex-Danish People’s Party (DDP)…
MoreEU denies wolf shooting appeal
The EU has ruled the Danish parliament doesn’t have the right to allow the growing number of wolves in this country to be shot. A political majority and the agricultural sector want to…
MoreCarsberg promotes new ‘draft beer’ party
A new political party, with the sole aim of promoting draft beer, is nothing more than ‘concealed advertising’ for beer giant Carlsberg and also illegal, marketing experts claim. On its website, the ‘Draft…
MoreDanish artist ‘sells’ British homeless
Provocative Danish artist Kristian von Hornsleth has created a stir in the UK by fitting homeless people with trackers and putting them up for sale like ‘real life Pokemon’. The British Daily Mail…
MoreProducer price rise
The producer price index rose 0.5 percent year-over-year in June, much slower than the 4.0 percent climb in May. The index, which measures the average change over time in the selling prices received…
MoreLøkke was ready to quit in 2014
Lars Løkke Rasmussen told his wife he was ready to quit as Liberal leader ahead of an internal crisis meeting in 2014 where he was faced with charges of expense account abuse. In…
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