Greenland town bans alcohol
Greenland’s government has temporarily banned the sale and serving of alcohol in the southern town of Kujalleq following fatal incidents linked directly to drinking. The ban was introduced after the local authorities reported…
MoreNo reprimand for minister following drones fiasco
Defence Minister Jeppe Bruus has avoided a parliamentary reprimand over last week’s damning report into drone incidents after the government’s two support parties on the left declined to back the censure motion put…
MoreDenmark tests international conventions by denying citizenship to stateless children
Denmark could be in breach of international conventions if citizenship applications from 231 stateless children born in the country remain on hold, according to a human rights expert. In January, 72 stateless children…
MoreCPR system hacked – millions at risk
The Ministry of Digitalisation has warned the public to be alert for fraud after hackers gained access to personal information through the national CPR civil registration system. The compromised data includes names, addresses…
MoreHackers breach university’s data system
The Technical University of Denmark (DTU) has been exposed to a major hacker attack potentially compromising personal data belonging to up to 200,000 current and former users. Although the university said it can’t…
MoreTeen assassins tried to kill family with three kids
Three teenagers have been charged with attempted murder after 15 shots were fired through the windows of an apartment in Kastrup, close to Copenhagen Airport, where a family with three children was sleeping….
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SAS plane in drone scare….Copenhagen Airport hits record numbers….Revolut tests premium lounge at CPH… An SAS flight to Vilnius was forced to return to Copenhagen Airport on Saturday after a suspected drone sighting…
MoreMilitary admits shots were fired at civilian aircraft
The military has now admitted that soldiers fired 43 shots while a civilian passenger plane was flying over the Borris firing range in west Jutland last year. Following a full-scale review of the…
MoreSupport crumbles for Danish-built frigates
Political support for building the Danish Navy’s new multi-billion-kroner frigates in this country is beginning to crumble. All parties behind the defence pact agreed last year that Denmark should acquire new frigates with…
MoreOne in six migrants return after taxpayer-funded repatriation
Nearly one in six foreigners eligible to reverse their taxpayer-funded departure from Denmark did so last year according to new figures from the Immigration and Integration Ministry. Under the repatriation scheme, 803 people…
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