Ex-Social Democrat leader makes death threat joke
Speaker of the House Pia Kjærsgaard has declined to reprimand former Social Democrat leader Mogens Lykketoft for allegedly threatening an Alternative Party MP. Pernille Schnoor had claimed that Mr Lykketoft, who served a one-year…
MoreNew Conservative leader facing racism rap
Pernille Vermund, leader of the anti-immigrant New Conservatives, could be charged with racism after being reported to the police for referring to anti-vehicle concrete security blocks as ‘Koran barriers’. Ms Vermlund was summoned…
MoreTax scandals commission gets underway
The Tax Commission will today hear the testimony of the first of 106 people scheduled to appear before the end of the year to shed light on the long list of scandals at…
MoreBusiness shorts
Carlsberg invests in Chinese brewery / Pension funds sign up to green investment initiative / Bedding company expands in Bulgaria…… Carlsberg has acquired a minority stake in Chinese micro brewery Jing-A for an…
MoreElection 2019: Løkke needs 64,000 voters to cross sides
Prime Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen needs to encourage at least 64,000 voters to change sides to stand any chance of winning a new term in power this year, a study of all recent…
MoreElection 2019: DPP plunges in new poll
With the general election fast approaching the Danish People’s Party (DPP) continues to shed voters at an alarming rate. According to the latest Megafon poll for DR News, the populist party, which has…
MoreForeign Minister declined to name China’s human rights abuse
Opposition parties have criticised Foreign Minister Anders Samuelsen for failing to name China’s human rights violations when he addressed the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) in Geneva last week. The Chinese Communist Party…
MoreSocial fraudster’s 42-year career of ‘gross abuse’
64-year-old Britta Nielsen, already suspected of embezzling DKK111m from the Danish social authorities, has probably stolen at least DKK10m more, Minister for Social Affairs Mai Mercado said at a press conference, Friday . Ms Mercado, who…
MoreLiberal MP calls for Christian-only refugee policy
A leading Liberal Party (V) MP has suggested that Denmark should only accept Christian refugees. In a new autobiography published last week, Marcus Knuth called for a ‘refugee filter’ and only accept those…
MoreEthnic minority kids have highest rate of poverty
Children who live in poverty are most likely to be members of an ethnic minority family. A new report by the Ministry for Economic Affairs and the Interior shows that 56% of the…
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