New report: Making kids criminals at 14 doesn’t help
Denmark lowered the age of criminal responsibility from 15 to 14 in 2010 but a new report suggests it hasn’t reduced the youth crime rate, even though young offenders now face the criminal-justice…
MoreThe Week That Was, October 16th – October 22nd 2017
Politics/Economy The opposition called on the government to reject the Russian Nord Stream 2 project – the centre-right coalition retains hope the EU will intervene. A new poll showed 72 percent of the…
MoreLiberals: Stopping Russian pipeline isn’t that easy
The government is under political pressure from the left to stop the Russian Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline from passing through Danish territorial waters but it isn’t that easy, the ruling Liberals’ foreign…
MoreLøkke: Turkey doesn’t belong in the EU
Turkey does everything wrong and doesn’t belong in the EU, Prime Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen said on arrival at the 2-day EU summit in Brussels, Thursday. He said the EU should stop accession…
MorePM: ‘Brexit deal needs hard work’
Both the EU and Great Britain have a shared interest in making a mutually beneficial Brexit deal but both sides have a lot of work to do, Prime Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen said…
MoreForeign students owe €104m
Student loans to EU nationals have more than doubled even though there’s no guarantee the money will ever be repaid. Tax Ministry figures show 4,250 students from other EU countries received a state loan in…
MoreUN urges Denmark’s to re-think refugee policy
The UN has urged Denmark to start accepting quota (mandatory) refugees again from next year. Minister of Immigration Inger Støjberg stated very firmly in September that Denmark won’t accept any refugees under the…
MoreDPP challenges Dublin Agreement
Denmark should pull out of the Dublin Agreement if EU countries are forced to accept a relocation quota of refugees, the Danish People’s Party (DPP) whip said yesterday. According to Anders Vistiner there’s…
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Vestas signs groundbreaking energy deal in Australia / Dankort transactions slow/ Denmark 7th-biggest maritime nation Vestas has signed a partnership deal with Australian renewables developer Windlab to develop the world’s first utility-scale, on-grid…
MoreOpposition parties agree: Stop the Russian pipeline
The opposition is pressuring the government to reject the Russian Nord Stream 2 project which, according to plans, will transport natural gas from Russia to Germany through the Baltic Sea and Danish territorial…
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