Downturn in growth
The economy shrank by more than the government had projected in the year’s first quarter (Q1). The latest Statistics Denmark figures show Gross Domestic Product (GDP) dropped by 0.5 percent following a 2.8…
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The 22-year-old suspect in Sunday’s shopping mall shooting was remanded in custody for 24 days by a Copenhagen Court, Monday, and placed in a secure psychiatric care facility for evaluation after being charged…
MoreU.S. right-wingers: Copenhagen shooting shows gun laws don’t work
Right-wing conservatives in the U.S. have seized on Sunday’s shopping mall tragedy in Copenhagen as evidence that strict gun laws don’t stop mass shootings. Irene Armendariz-Jackson, a Texas politician, tweeted: “A shooting at…
MorePM facing reprimand from her own party
Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen and former food minister, Mogens Jensen, can expect a parliamentary reprimand (a so-called ‘nose’) today for their handling of the mass mink cull, TV2 reported last night. In an…
MorePM criticised for protecting top advisor
Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen has come under fire for refusing to suspend her top advisor, Barbara Bertelsen. The Mink Commission concluded last week that Ms Bertelsen and nine other top civil servants should…
MoreOpposition keeps Minkgate pot boiling
The Liberals and Conservatives are determined to make the Minkgate affair a key issue of the next election campaign. While the government’s parliamentary allies have declined to support a legal inquiry into whether…
MoreFormer DPP leader quits politics
Ex-Danish People’s Party leader Kristian Thulesen Dahl has bid farewell to politics by accepting an offer to become the new managing director of the Port of Aalborg in north Jutland. Mr Thulesen Dahl,…
MoreSAS facing collapse after pilots go on strike
Struggling Scandinavian Airlines is on the verge of collapse after more than 900 pilots went on strike, Monday, following a breakdown in management-union negotiations over the company’s massive restructuring plans, SAS Forward, a…
MoreSHOPPING MALL SHOOTING IN COPENHAGEN: 3 DEAD
Three people are dead and at least three others are in critical condition after a lone gunman launched a shooting spree at the Field’s shopping mall in Amager, Copenhagen, Sunday evening. A 22-year-old…
MoreShooter posted bloody images on YouTube: ‘The drugs don’t work’
The suspect in custody following Sunday’s shopping mall shooting posted disturbing images of himself on social media before launching the deadly attack. Based on various sources, DR News has been able to identify…
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