Muslim speaker shown the door for refusing to remove niqab
A Muslim woman was asked to leave a school in Aarhus, Thurday, after she refused to remove her face-covering niqab. The woman and a colleague from the Women in Dialogue organisation were on…
MoreIslam critic charged with racism
Notorious Islam critic Rasmus Paludan is facing a prison sentence today when he appears at Glostrup District Court. The lawyer and head of the nationalist ‘Stram Kurs’ (Firm Direction) party is charged with…
MoreCanada stirs up Arctic dispute again
It can’t be termed a major diplomatic incident but Denmark’s Arctic sovereignty dispute with Canada is in the headlines again after a mining geologist was granted a mineral exploration claim under Canadian law…
MoreChinese pandas facing Tibet demonstration
When the two giant pandas given to Denmark by China arrive at Copenhagen Airport today they’ll be met by a pro-Tibet demonstration. Panda bears have been used by China to great political and symbolic effect as…
MoreDPP: We can work with right-wing groups at EU
The Danish People’s Party’s (DPP) Peter Kofod has dismissed the European People’s Party’s (EPP) candidate for president of the European Commission, Manfred Weber, as ‘arrogant’ and ‘panic stricken’ for his rejection of EU-sceptic…
MoreEU election: Voters want top job for Vestager
7 out of 10 Danish voters believe the next government, whether ‘red’ or ‘blue’, should support Margrethe Vestager’s candidacy for a top EU Commission job. The former Social Liberal (R) leader’s five-year term as…
MoreDanske Bank pulls investment in Saudi-related arms companies
Danske Bank’s own pension fund will no longer invest in companies that export arms to Saudi Arabia. Danica Pension’s head of investment policy, Anders Svennesen, said the decision to support the government’s ban…
MoreEuropean banks fined $16bn – Dansk Bank next up
Over the past seven years European banks have paid fines totalling more than DKK100bn ($16bn) relating to money laundering or trade sanctions violations and now it’s Danske Bank that’s in the firing line….
MoreMoney laundering scandals test Nordic business culture
Although Denmark and Sweden are consistently ranked among the least corrupt countries by global organisation Transparency International the recent money laundering scandals have raised serious questions about the open Nordic business culture. Reuters…
MoreExperts: Government negotations could be ‘chaotic’
Post-election cross-party negotiations to create a new government could be lengthy, chaotic, and even end in deadlock, analysts have warned following the Social Liberals’ (R) immigration demands. After Social Liberal leader Morten Østergaard…
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