Coalition parties call for review of reunification rules for minors
Coalition partners, the Conservatives and Liberal Alliance, have urged Immigration Minister Inger Støjberg to come to the aid of Thai girl Mint and other minors who’ve fallen foul of the government’s strict family…
MoreFour charged for attack on embassy
Four men who attacked Turkey’s embassy in Copenhagen with Molotov cocktails in March have been charged with the most severe arson statute on the books. Despite only superficial damage to the building the…
More‘Danish’ gang member thrown out of Denmark
A 22-year-old male, born and raised in Denmark, is the latest gang member to be deported. Copenhagen District Court found that Nalaye Barre, a member of the immigrant gang Loyal To Familia (LTF), should…
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Retail sales down / Black Friday disappoints / Maersk accused of underpaying workers in Kenya The retail sales index rose 2.5 percent in October from a year earlier, Statistics Denmark said, Monday.However, retail sales…
MoreTrump adviser backtracks on Denmark criticism
President Trump’s chief economic adviser has backtracked on a recent White House report that claimed living standards in the Nordic countries, including Denmark, are at least 15% lower than in the United States….
MoreHigh profile DPP MPs facing parliamentary exit
Leading Danish People’s Party (DPP) MPs could lose their seats at the next election if the polls prove to be correct. The populist party has enjoyed a wave of success since 1995 but…
MoreSocial Democrats push for millionaire supertax
The Social Democrats are trying to make income tax an election issue by proposing a ’supertax’ on anyone earning more than DKK10m annually – only around 1,000 people but which would, according to…
MoreAnti-Teheran group hosts Copenhagen conference
Copenhagen Police were out in force over the weekend when the Arab Struggle Movement for the Liberation of Ahvaz (ASMLA) held its annual conference at the Park Inn hotel in Amager. The conference,…
MoreGeorgia’s ‘safe country’ status will reduce asylum seeker intake
Denmark has recognised Georgian as a ‘safe country’, which should drastically reduce the number of asylum seekers from the former Soviet bloc country. Formally, the Danish Immigration Service, the national police, and Refugee…
MoreATP boss linked to share-dividend scam
ATP, Denmark’s largest pension and social security provider, has called an emergency board meeting today to discuss the fate of CEO Christian Hyldahl who’s been dragged into the share-dividend tax-refund scandal. In his previous…
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