DPP leader wants more power to … Social Democrats
While the right wing Danish People’s Party (DPP) will still support Lars Løkke Rasmussen as Prime Minister after the next election, it wants the centre-left Social Democrats more involved in future government policies….
MoreSplit widens between centre-left opposition in closing debate
The showdown between the two centre-left opposition Social Democrats (S) and Social Liberals (R) is starting to heat up before the next election. This is according to political analyst Thomas Larsen after following…
MoreInvestigated for fraud, MEP Messerschmidt to seek Danish comeback
Controversial Danish People’s Party (DPP) MEP Morten Messerschmidt is running for the Danish parliament at the next general election despite still being under investigation for the fraudulent use of EU funds. He was…
MoreCharges filed in Slovak hockey fan attack on minister’s boyfriend
A Slovakian man will be charged for attacking Justice Minister Søren Pape Poulsen’s partner but he will not be charged under the tough hate crime paragraph. The prosecution held that the 34-year old…
MoreTransport minister to stand in for colleague’s paternity leave
Minister of Transport Ole Birk Olesen (LA) is to be acting Minister for Economy and the Interior until his party colleague Simon Emil Ammitzbøll-Bille returns from paternity leave on 17th June. Mr Ammitzbøll-Bille…
MoreOW Bunker director gets 1½ years jail sentence
One of several directors of the maritime fuel company OW Bunker has been convicted and will get one and a half years of jail time. Lars Møller was the director of the subsidiary…
MoreEstonian authority says ’case closed’ on Danske Bank money laundering scandal
No authorities are now investigating Danske Bank in the money laundering scandal. Kilvar Kessler, head of the Estonian financial supervisory authority Finantsinspektsioon said to Berlingske that ”Danske Bank is a Danish bank and…
MoreSunny month of May goes into Danish weather history books
Yes, the spell of nice weather is unusual in Denmark. In fact very unusual. The month of May 2018 has had more than 347 hours of sun, making it the sunniest month that…
MoreNew study: Denmark is an immigration hardliner
Although neighbouring Germany and Sweden have accepted far more migrants and refugees, Denmark still leads the way in demanding more immigration restrictions. A new Pew Research Center survey of 15 countries in Western Europe,…
MoreInternational media on ghetto bill: Aren’t Danes supposed to be the happy, kind people?
The government’s plan to force immigrant families to integrate their children into Danish society was widely covered, and ridiculed, by international media, Tuesday. America’s right-wing Fox News reported how the new policy, ‘which was…
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