EU hazy on student loan debt
The EU has declined to help Denmark collect unpaid student loans from foreign nationals who were given a free education in this country, a student grant, but who have returned home and ignore…
MoreThousand youngsters charged with distributing child porn
1,004 teenagers and young adults have been charged by the police with violating the law regarding the distribution of child porn after sharing video clips of two 15-year-olds having sex. The two video…
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LEGO signs lucrative Chinese deal / Producer prices slow down / Record year for Copenhagen Airport Danish toy giant Lego and Chinese tech company Tencent, seen as an Asian competitor to Google, have…
MoreDPP votes for more funding to Muslim free schools
The Danish People’s Party (DPP) has voted for an increase in state subsidies to the same Muslim free schools it’s trying to ban. In 2018 Muslim free schools will receive financial support from…
MoreLøkke: We need skilled foreign workers, not unskilled immigrants
Despite moving ahead with plans to tighten the rules for refugees and asylum seekers, Prime Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen has called for a change in immigration policy to make it easier for skilled…
MoreSocial Democrats: We were wrong
The Social Democrats have distanced themselves from their own immigration policy during the Helle Thorning-Schmidt period, 2011-2015. In response to a claim by the Conservatives’ Rasmus Jarlov during a parliamentary debate, Friday, that…
MoreLA, DPP punished by voters following collapse of negotiations
Both the Liberal Alliance (LA) and Danish People’s Party (DPP) have taken a dip in popularity following the December power struggle between the two parties in tax and immigration reform negotiations. A new…
MoreNew report: Terrorist threat to Denmark remains ‘significant’
The terrorist threat to Denmark remains ‘significant’, primarily from militant Islamism, Danish Intelligence (PET) said in a report, Friday. Intelligence officials believe al-Qaida “still has ambitions to attack the West,” and support for…
MoreWest Balkan countries move closer to EU as Denmark scales back diplomacy
28 EU Commissioners last week promoted 2018 as the year when the ‘West Balkans move closer to the EU’, ahead of a new strategy paper to be published next month that is expected…
MoreLow interest continues to boost housing market
Denmark continues to maintain the world negative interest rate record. Bloomberg News reports how, as the housing market continues to boom, interest rates are now so low that Danish households can lock in…
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