Disgruntled Liberal voters boost Conservatives
45,000 Liberal (V) voters have defected to the Conservatives, according to a new study in voter trends by Professor Kasper Møller Hansen of Copenhagen University who said the move rightwards mirrors the turbulence…
MoreDenmark earns big bucks from ‘new’ EU members
Although around 50% of the Danish electorate is opposed to further EU enlargement and one in five believes the EU has become too big, a new study by the Confederation of Danish Industry…
MoreHealth Minister sounds the alarm as youth cocaine use doubles
Cocaine use in Denmark amongst young people has nearly doubled over five years. A new study reveals that 3% of the 15-26 age group – nearly 25,000 – have snorted or smoked cocaine…
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Home repossessions fall to 11-year low….Voluntary firefighters to Australia…Little Mermaid defaced with Hong Kong protest… Home repossessions fell to their lowest since pre-crisis 2008 last year as low interest rates and high employment…
MoreLiberal leader asserts his authority – dumps former deputy PM
The Liberals’ former deputy prime minister Kristian Jensen, once seen as the ‘crown prince’ of the party, has been stripped of his spokesperson title and other high-ranking committee positions by leader Jakob Ellemann-Jensen…
MoreTurkey nabs ‘brainwashed’ Danish terrorist
Notorious Danish-Syrian foreign fighter Jacob El-Ali, who in 2014 posed with decapitated bodies in the then Islamic State-held city of Raqqa, has been detained in Turkey and is in custody awaiting extradition to…
MoreTerrorist jailed in Spain was employed by Danish intelligence agencies
A Danish citizen given an eight-year prison sentence in Spain in 2018 for terrorist activities had previously been employed by Danish intelligence agencies. 30-year-old Ahmed Samsam, known as one of Spain’s most dangerous terrorists, was…
MoreDenmark given 6-hour warning before Iran attack
Denmark was warned the Ain al-Asad air base in Iraq would come under attack six hours before Iran fired missiles last week. Around 130 Danish personnel were stationed at the Ain al-Asad air…
MoreDenmark opposes EU minimum wage
Danish trade unions have demanded a written guarantee from EU jobs Commissioner Nicolas Schmit that the Danish labour model won’t be compromised by plans to impose a pan-EU minimum wage. The Danish Trade…
MoreSlight rise in inflation
Danish inflation remains historically low but is slowly creeping up. The consumer price index rose 0.8 percent year-on-year in December, following a 0.7 percent increase in November, the latest Statistics Denmark figures show…
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