Young Muslims diverge from parents in core religious views
A new survey reflects a significant generational divide among Danish Muslims on several sensitive issues. The Wilke study for Jyllands-Posten shows young Muslims, aged 18-29, and those above 55, have widely varying views…
MoreAnit-Islamist on racism rap – again
Anti-Islamist Rasmus Paludan is again facing prosecution under anti-racism legislation. In an upcoming trial at Copenhagen District Court the founder of the far-right Stram Kurs party is charged with making ‘threatening, demeaning, or degrading…
MoreMajority of voters believe Israel-Iran war ‘likely’
52% of Danish voters believe a full-blown war in the Middle East involving Israel and Iran is either “very” or “fairly” likely, a YouGov survey covering this country, France, Germany, Spain, Italy, Sweden,…
MoreDanish support for Serbian, Moldovan EU bids
Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen has showered Moldova’s pro-European president Maia Sandu with praise after she secured her re-election on Sunday, winning 55.4% of the vote in a runoff against pro-Russian candidate Alexandr Stoianoglo….
MoreForeign Minister: We can’t afford both increased defence spending and pension roll-back
Foreign Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen has proposed a substantial increase in Denmark’s military budget. Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen and Defence Minister Troels Lund Poulsen have repeatedly called for greater defence spending without naming…
MoreModerates want ‘grand coalition’ to continue despite disastrous polls
Lars Løkke Rasmussen wants the government coalition to continue beyond the next election despite growing internal disagreement and disastrous opinion polls. In an interview with Berlingske the Moderates leader said he’s committed to…
MoreRight wing parties agree – ultra-left Red/Green members should be kicked out
Parties on the right have called on Red/Green leader Pelle Dragsted to exclude members of the party’s radical ‘Red Left’ protest wing, which has proposed abolishing private ownership of the means of production,…
MoreLiberals: Students responsible for pro-Hamas graffiti should be expelled
The Liberals (Venstre) have demanded that pro-Palestine students and staff involved in recent protests and vandalism at Roskilde University (RUC) be expelled or fired. After claiming responsibility for blocking the rector’s office and…
MoreQueen Margrethe: My parents didn’t like the Nazis
Queen Margrethe has defended her family against allegations of close relations with the German Nazi regime in the 1930’s. In an interview with gossip magazine Billed Bladet, her first since abdicating in January,…
MoreRussian man charged with manufacturing explosives
A Russian man has been charged with manufacturing and transporting at least 3,000 grams of the highly dangerous explosive TATP in this country. The 37-year-old was arrested in May after he informed the…
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