Alleged Norwegian-Iranian assassin was under surveillance
Danish Intelligence (PET) were ‘hot on the heels’ of an alleged 40-year-old Norwegian-Iranian assassin when he visited Ringsted in September 2018, Roskilde District Court heard on Friday. The 40-year-old is accused of preparing…
MoreThe Week That Was, April 27th – May 3rd 2020:
Coronavirus/ What happened last week: Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen told parliament that Phase 2 of the reopening process will start on May 10th but the long-term strategy won’t be announced until this week….
MoreTerrorist attack foiled
Copenhagen police arrested a man suspected of preparing an Islamist terrorist attack, Thursday. He will appear in court this morning and charged under anti-terror legislation. At a press conference, Chief Inspector Jorgen Bergen…
MoreMay 1st rallies cancelled – but not for anti-Islamist
International Workers Day celebrations throughout Denmark today have been cancelled for the first time since 1940 when the German occupying force banned public gatherings. In some towns May 1st rallies have been replaced…
MoreSlight increase in infection rate after reopening
The rate at which the coronavirus is spreading in this country has increased following the easing of lockdown restrictions last week. The National Serum Institute said yesterday the so-called R rate, which shows…
MoreProfessor agrees with WHO – we should be inspired by Sweden
A Danish professor has come out in support of the World Health Organisation’s (WHO) praise for Sweden, a country that has received widespread criticism for keeping much of society running during the coronavirus…
MoreVirus updates
Trump praises Denmark….Death rate tops 450…Corona causes Copenhagen sports clash in 2021… Twitter-happy Donald Trump has claimed that Sweden has paid a high price for its decision not to close society down. In…
MoreYoung Muslim poet found dead
Controversial poet Yahya Hassan, who made headlines as a teenager seven years ago for writing a book of poetry extremely critical of the Muslim community he grew up in, has died at the…
MoreGazprom ship arrives to finish Nord Stream 2 as Russian jets buzz Baltic
The Russian pipe-laying vessel Akademik Cherskiy has been spotted entering the Baltic Sea on its way to complete construction of the controversial Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline in Danish territorial waters, intelligence site…
MoreJobless figures hit new high
Unemployment rose to the highest level since 2017 in March as the lockdown led to thousands of redundancies. The latest Statistics Denmark figures show 146,000 were unemployed as unemployment rose to 4.8 percent…
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