Support for Kurdish prosecution of foreign fighters
Parties on both sides of the aisle are looking to financially support Kurdish efforts to prosecute thousands of Islamic State (ISIS) combatants, including Danish nationals. It’s estimated that, a year after the caliphate…
MorePolice seize ship, 27 foreigners and 100 kilos of cocaine
Police arrested 27 people Sunday and seized around 100 kilos of cocaine from a Bahamas-registered cargo ship passing through Danish waters. Copenhagen police boarded the container ship Duncan Island while it was sailing…
MoreU.S. Energy Secretary: Russians can’t finish Nord Stream 2
The Trump Administration is confident that Russia won’t be able to complete the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline in the Baltic Sea that’s currently under construction in Danish territorial waters. The pipeline was just weeks…
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Slain Jewish guard honoured….Scottish nationalists welcome Danish invitation…..Saudi Arabia and Denmark discuss human rights…… A Jewish volunteer security guard was honoured internationally, Saturday, on the fifth anniversary of his death in the terrorist attack…
MoreThe Week That Was, February 10th – 16th 2020
Politics/Economy: The Tax Ministry covered up serious flaws in the Tax Authority’s (SKAT) control mechanisms of corporate tax, auto imports, and customs – parliament, despite repeated requests, has been denied access to 75…
MoreDenmark finalises Baltic NATO agreement
The defence ministers of Denmark, Estonia, and Latvia have reached agreement on the establishment of Headquarters Multinational Division North of NATO. Estonia’s Jüri Luik said the project is ‘important’ for the Baltic countries…
MoreIraq invitation confirms Danish mission
The Iraqi government has confirmed it needs NATO’s help to train and advise the country’s security forces after initially demanding that foreign forces leave the country over the U.S. killing of Iran’s top…
MorePolitiken loses ‘spycatcher’ appeal
The High Court yesterday rejected an appeal by left-leaning daily Politiken against a fine handed down last year for violating an injunction by publishing a book based on interviews with the former head…
MoreBomb threat against SAS ad agency
& Co, the advertising agency responsible for the controversial Scandinavian Airlines (SAS) ad campaign, received a bomb threat early Thursday morning, causing police to close down streets and evacuate buildings in the surrounding…
MoreShipping company linked to Brazilian corruption scandal
Another Danish shipping company is heavily implicated in Brazil’s biggest-ever anti-corruption investigation, ‘Operation Car Wash’. Berlingske has obtained a confidential contract linking Torm, one of the world’s leading carriers of refined oil products,…
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