Far right candidate expelled for racism
A candidate for the far-right New Conservatives (Nye Borgerlige) in next week’s municipal elections has been kicked out of the party for publishing racist material. In a direct-mail campaign to voters in Gentofte,…
MoreFighter jet deal to cost DKK 10bn more
Denmark’s planned purchase of 27 new F-35 Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) jets could be at least DKK10bn ($ 1.5bn) more expensive than the government has previously stated. Defence minister at the time, Peter…
MoreTax fraudster rewarded with free trips to U.S.
A 68-year-old former top-level Tax Department (SKAT) employee was given free trips to the USA and ‘handfuls of cash’ every year as a reward for helping his 47-year-old accomplice receive tax refunds totaling…
MorePM breaks ground for panda diplomacy
Prime Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen broke ground at Copenhagen Zoo, Thursday, for a new enclosure that will house the two giant pandas that China offered to loan during the PM’s visit to Beijing in May. The PM told…
MoreDenmark no.1 in social justice
Denmark is number one on the 2017 Bertelsmann Annual EU Social Justice Index which compares levels of poverty, social cohesion, job opportunities, education, discrimination and health issues in the 28 EU member states….
MoreSupreme Court strips terrorist of citizenship
In a landmark ruling the Supreme Court has revoked the citizenship of a Danish national. Hamza Cakan, who was born in Denmark in 1992 to Turkish parents, was sentenced to six years imprisonment…
MoreBusiness shorts
Summer success for Copenhagen Airport / Maersk Oil ‘mishandles’ radioactive waste/ Apple Pay reported to consumer watchdog CPH Airport: The summer months were the busiest ever for Copenhagen Airport. The airport handled nearly…
MoreDenmark slips down climate rankings
Denmark has slipped further down the international climate action rankings. After five years in the top-5 Denmark dropped to 13th last year and has fallen even more to 17th in the 2018 Climate Change…
MoreClimate minister: Green index is wrong
The 2018 Climate Change Performance Index provides a ’distorted image’ of Denmark’s green status, Energy & Climate Minister Lars Christian Lilleholt said yesterday after the 2018 rankings showed Denmark has slipped to 17th…
MoreMayor’s staff leaked wedding reception details
Someone on the staff of a City Hall department under Mayor of Copenhagen Frank Jensen was responsible for leaking sensitive information about former social and integration administrator Anna Mee Allerslev that led to…
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