SAS adheres to ‘one China’ policy
Scandinavian Airlines (SAS) will in future refer to Taiwan as China but dismissed accusations it has bowed down to Beijing. The company denied it was one of 36 airlines contacted by the Chinese…
MoreUber eyes return to Denmark
Controversial ride-sharing company Uber is hoping to return to Denmark after being forced to shut down last year by a new taxi law that officially outlawed carpooling services. In an interview with Politiken…
MoreDenmark gives $100m to African wind energy
Minister for Development Cooperation Ulla Tørnæs has approved Danish co-financing of a DKK 600m ($100m) wind farm project close to Ethiopia’s capital Addis Ababa. The total investment is around DKK1.26 bn. The project…
MoreWelfare spending hits record-high
Public expenditure has hit an all-time high. Spending on health, education, the environment and police has risen by DKK136bn (€18bn) since the year 2000 and now stands at a record DKK1,100bn (€148bn), with…
MoreNo citizenship for gang members
Anyone convicted of a gang related crime in the future will be permanently excluded from Danish citizenship if it’s up to the government, even if it’s only a misdemeanour. Integration Minister Inger Støjberg…
MoreHuman rights institute questions government’s policy
The Institute for Human Rights (IHR) has called for clarification regarding the government’s citizenship policy. If Danish Intelligence (PET) considers an applicant for Danish citizenship a threat to national security he or she…
MoreStøjberg defends illegal immigrants
Inger Støjberg has dismissed calls to disbar anybody who employs an illegal immigrant from owning a business. The Integration Minister said the suggestion put forward by the Social Democrats and Danish People’s Party…
MoreDPP: Turkey doesn’t belong in NATO
It’s time to kick Turkey out of NATO, according to the Danish People’s Party (DPP). Controversial MEP Morten Messerschmidt said Turkey under President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has become the ‘unruly boy in the class’…
MoreDanes cleared of human trafficking
Two Danes charged with human trafficking in Greece were acquitted Monday. A Greek court cleared Salam Aldeen and Mohammed El-Abbassi, alongside three Spanish fire fighters, of trying to help illegal migrants enter Greece…
MoreSubmarine Slayer accepts verdict, appeals sentence
Convicted ‘Submarine Slayer’ Peter Madsen will not be appealing his murder conviction over the killing and dismemberment of Swedish journalist Kim Wall. In a new twist to one of the most gruesome criminal…
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