LA: No translator help for immigrants from day 1
The Liberal Alliance has called for a halt to all state-funded translator assistance for immigrants, students, and other foreign residents. Under a new law all non-Danish speakers who have resided in Denmark for…
MoreGovernment aims to fast-track skilled immigrants
Despite constantly tightening immigration legislation the government is considering moves to fast track much-needed skilled foreign workers into the labour market. Denmark is struggling with a labour shortage and is in desperate need…
MoreSyrian refugees take summer trip home
At least 100 Syrian residents of Denmark have taken a trip back to their native country this year, news radio 24/7 reports. A spokesman for Nakhal Travel, which offers trips from Scandinavia to…
MoreOECD: Workers have it good in Denmark
Denmark has some of the best working conditions in the world according to a new OECD (Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development) comparison of wages, labour rights, collective bargaining agreements, and terms of…
More‘Progressive’ Roskilde Festival sponsored by ‘dirty’ tobacco money
The Roskilde Festival, which got underway, Wednesday, has been accused of receiving ‘tainted money’ from tobacco companies. While banning shops at the festival from selling cigarettes, part of a collaboration with the Danish…
MoreAid for drought-hit farmers?
The ruling Liberals are considering offering emergency aid to farmers whose earnings have been slashed by the drought. Food and agriculture spokesman Erling Bonnesen said with no sign of rain the agricultural sector…
MoreLøkke dismisses Trump’s defence spending demand
Prime Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen has defended Denmark’s level of defence spending after receiving a letter from U.S. President Trump demanding an increase. The letter is similar to others that were sent to…
MoreFailed asylum seekers stay put in Denmark
Denmark is finding it increasingly difficult to send failed asylum seekers back to the EU country where they were originally registered. New Danish Immigration Service (Udlændingestyrelsen) figures for 2016 and 2017 show other…
MoreNew Tibet Commission won’t probe cover-up allegations
Justice Minister Søren Pape Poulsen has rejected a Danish People’s Party (DPP) demand to extend the mandate of the re-opened Tibet Commission to investigate the possibly of a cover-up by the authorities during…
MoreBusiness Minister demands transparency from Danske Bank
New business minister Rasmus Jarlov has demanded to know how much Danske Bank has earned from money laundering, after Berlingske reported the bank’s Estonian branch could have handled at least DKK 53bn ($8.3bn)…
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