UN warns Denmark against offshore asylum centres
The Nordic wing of the UNHCR has appealed to the Danish parliament to reject the government’s efforts to set up offshore processing centres for asylum seekers outside the EU, possibly Rwanda or Ethiopia….
MoreNew poll: Social Democrats suffer 1st dip
After riding a wave of success throughout the corona crisis the ruling Social Democrats have lost support for the first time since the 2019 election. The latest Megafon poll for TV2 shows the…
MoreVirus updates
Infections at 4-month high…153 get voluntary shot of discarded vaccine…. 1,119 new corona cases were reported, Thursday, the highest daily figure since January. 160,549 tests were carried out over the 24-hour period, providing…
MoreLøkke faces Tibet grilling
Former prime miniser Lars løkke Rasmussen will be grilled about his relationship with China when he appears before the Tibet Commission today. The Commission has previously heard testimony from four previous prime ministers,…
MoreMP wins Supreme Court battle with alleged islamist
The Supreme Court has acquitted Conservative MP Naser Khader in a defamation case brought by female imam Shirin Khankan. Denmark’s highest legal authority affirmed the High Court’s ruling that Mr Khader wasn’t guilty…
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Denmark number 1 in ‘business resilience….National Bank governor dismisses ‘bitcoin fad’….. Denmark leads the world in the newly released 2021 FM Global Resilience Index, the ‘definitive global ranking of countries and territories by…
MoreBad week for government as political reality hits home
The government has been forced to back down on two major issues over the past week – the Syria kids affair and the Langeland holding center for criminal immigrants – the first time…
MoreRefugee centre ‘near airport’
The Christian Democrats (CD) have suggested locating a new holding centre for criminal immigrants at Copenhagen Airport. At Tuesday’s decisive meeting of party leaders, when the government was forced to back down on…
MoreDrunken man apologises for racist rant
The Dane whose racist rant against a Muslim family has been seen by more than 250,000 viewers on Facebook offered an unreserved apology yesterday. The man, identified as ‘Lars in his mid-50s’, told…
MoreGovernment aims to ban fossil-fuel cars in cities
The government, backed by its centre-left allies, has put forward a set of new proposals that would ban petrol and diesel vehicles from Denmark’s biggest cities. Minister for the Environment Lea Vermelin said…
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