Foreign Minister apologises for Iran arrest
An Iranian physicist is suing the Danish state for wrongful arrest after being detained for two days in November last year when trying to leave the country at Copenhagen Airport. One day after…
MoreRomania challenges Løkke’s child benefit dreams
Romania is determined to resist unilateral moves by EU countries such as Denmark to cut child support for foreign families, after Austria introduced a new law on January 1st that index links child…
MoreDPP: No Brexit vote in the near future
Danish People’s Party leader Kristian Thulesen Dahl has stepped back from his previous demands for a Brexit-style referendum in this country. In an open debate at the Social Liberals’ New Year conference over…
MoreImmigration laws ‘incomprehensible’
The Integration Ministry has an interactive link on its webpage proudly proclaiming the 100 immigration restrictions the government has passed since coming to power, but according to critics it’s more a ‘monument to a…
MoreDR commentator slammed for calling Danes ‘pig coloured’
A well-known political commentator has been accused of racism for referring to Danes as ‘pig coloured’. Commenting on the prime minister’s New Year speech, state-run DR’s Christine Cordsen said on live TV that…
MoreAmbassador: Dane’s killers were brainwashed in a week
The suspected killers of the two Scandinavian tourists brutally murdered in Morocco shortly before Christmas were ‘radicalised and brainwashed’ within a week, according to the North African country’s ambassador to Norway, Lamia Rad….
MoreSocial Liberals push for new EU referendum
Danes are already heading for the polling booths twice this year but the Social Liberals (R) are pushing for a third vote. The European election will be held on May 26th and the…
MoreTerrorist bookseller deported
After years of legal wrangling convicted terrorist Said Monsour has been forcibly repatriated to his native country of Morocco. The Ministry of State confirmed, Friday, that Danish police had handed over the notorious ‘Bookseller…
MoreEconomists are optimistic – with reservations
Leading economists are confident the economic upswing will continue in 2019 for the seventh consecutive year but acknowledge there are clouds on the horizon. The most optimistic prediction is 2% GDP growth, but…
MoreAnother island project for Copenhagen
The government will today announce a major new development plan to build nine new islands close to Copenhagen in a move to create a European Silicone Valley Nine artificial islets (small islands) are…
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