Social fraudster who embezzled DKK117m can keep pension
The High Court has allowed convicted social fraudster Britta Nielsen to keep her private pension. 66-year-old Ms Nielsen, who was extradited from South Africa in 2018 where she had fled after becoming a…
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Corona business aid phased out….Copenhagen Aiport reports massive Q1 loss….Ørsted bids for Japan contract….LEGO wins EU rights case…. Financial compensation subsidies offered to the business sector during the corona crisis are to be…
MoreGovernment backs down – Syria kids to return
Under pressure from its left-wing allies the government has backed down and agreed to repatriate 14 children and three mothers from Syrian detention camps. It’s a complete turnaround for Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen…
MoreOpposition parties denounce PM’s turnaround
Opposition parties reacted angrily to the government’s decision to repatriate children from Syrian detention camps but the move was welcomed by the prime minister’s allies on the left. Danish Peoples Party (DPP) leader…
MoreAnti-deportation demos today
Aid and humanitarian organisations have planned demonstrations across Denmark today to protest the deportation of hundreds of Syrian refugees who have been told by the Danish Immigration Service to return to Syria after…
MoreVirus updates
Epidemic ‘rising slightly’ but under control….1.5m corona vaccines on the way…. 916 new corona cases were reported, Tuesday, the third day in a row the figures have dropped below 1,000 following a 5-week…
MoreExpat survey: Denmark worst for ‘making friends’
Denmark is ranked 10th in ‘Quality of Life’ by the Expat Insider 2021 global survey but a lowly 37th overall and last in ‘making new friends’. Taiwan ranks 1st out of 59 destinations…
MoreNew Paludan provocation: ‘Draw Mohammed Day’ in Malmø
Swedish police are preparing for violent protests tomorrow if Danish anti-Islamist Rasmus Paludan is granted permission to hold a ‘Draw Mohammed Day’ demonstration in Malmø. The Sydsvenskan (South Sweden) newspaper reports that the…
MoreReopening from Friday: Face masks to be phased out
Denmark will take a major step back to normality this week after a parliamentary majority last night reached agreement on a widescale reopening of society from Friday (May 21st). Parties also agreed to…
MoreExpert warns against hasty reopening
836 new corona cases were reported Monday, the lowest for 10 days, although the number of PCR tests (138,799) was the lowest since the start of April. The number of patients hospitalised by covid…
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