New leader could be facing problems in harrasment debate
Sofie Carsten Nielsen is the Social Liberals’ new leader. Party MPs voted 12-4 in her favour in a quick run-off against ex-foreign minister Martin Lidegaard following Morten Østergaard’s dramatic resignation. However, the sexism…
MoreIranian ambassador summoned to explain religious divorce demands
Iran’s ambassador to Denmark was summoned to the Foreign Ministry, Wednesday, after it was alleged that his embassy had told an Iranian woman her Danish divorce wasn’t legal. She was encouraged to seek…
MoreImams could be jailed under new social control legislation
As part of its move to clamp down on social control within the Muslim community the government is preparing a bill that could lead to a prison sentence for imams that get involved…
MoreIraq asks Denmark to mediate in U.S. embassy dispute
Foreign Minister Jeppe Kofod spoke on the phone with his Iraqi counterpart, Fouad Hussein, Tuesday, regarding the new Danish embassy in Baghdad. Iraqi news agency Shafaq reports that the two ministers stressed the…
MoreVirus updates
Infections down but restrictions extended….Mink cull postponed…. The nationwide restrictions imposed to curb the spread of the corona virus have worked, Health Minister Magus Heunicke said yesterday after the latest figures showed 331…
MoreDenmark and India in renewed effort to solve deportation problem
The Danish and Indian authorities are working together to facilitate the deportation of Niels Holck, who’s wanted in India to face charges of dropping weapons from a plane to a sect in West…
MoreBusiness shorts
Encouraging signs for consumer spending….Industrial production up…SAS suffers 73% drop in passengers… Dankort (debit card) and MobilePay spending, normally a reliable indicator of consumer intentions, increased significantly at the start of October. According…
MorePrime Minister will tame immigrant criminals – ‘It’s us against them’
Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen has vowed to crack down on ‘criminal and intimidating’ non-western immigrant youths. In her opening speech to parliament the PM said the ‘raw statistics’ paint a very clear picture…
MoreGovernment lays out legislative platform
Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen touched on a wide range of issues in her opening speech to parliament, Tuesday, with proposals aimed at both sides of the aisle. As predicted by commentators, corona and…
MorePM bows to allies, speeds up climate process
As reported, Tuesday, Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen has pledged to spend an extra DKK10bn ($1.58bn) over the next five years to speed up measures to cut CO2 emissions. In response to calls from…
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