‘Trump would drop a nuclear bomb on Denmark’
The Republican Party’s new front-runner, Senator Ted Cruz, has suggested that his opponent, Donald Trump, is so unstable that if he were president he might spontaneously decide to ‘nuke Denmark.’ In response to…
MoreGovernment looks for UK-type EU deal
The Danish government wants the same deal as the UK so it can limit EU citizens’ right to social benefits in another country. Ahead of British Prime Minister David Cameron’s visit to Copenhagen…
MoreTerror suspects helped killer to get ammunition
The four young Muslims officially charged with terrorism yesterday helped killer Omar el-Hussein to obtain ammunition and a computer, Justice Minister Søren Pind told Ritzau News last night. He said the public prosecutor…
MoreDanish troops stood by as Iraqi civilian was beaten
Danish troops watched an Iraqi civilian being kicked and beaten by Iraqi soldiers in 2017 but failed to intervene, confidential documents from the now disbanded Iraq Commission , but obtained by news radio 24/7,…
MoreEducation cuts reflect government’s ‘short-sighted’ policy says opposition
The government’s ‘short-sighted’ polices are to blame for more than 500 jobs being slashed at Copenhagen University, the Social Liberals’ education and research spokeswoman Ida Auken claimed yesterday after Denmark’s biggest and most…
MoreEducation Minister defends cuts
Denmark will continue to lead the way in research despite government cuts that have forced Copenhagen University to shed more than 500 employees, Minister of Education and Research Esben Lunde Larsen said yesterday in the…
MorePM backs Social Democrats’ integration proposals
Prime Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen has backed the Social Democrats’ call for a ‘new approach’ to solving the integration problem. After the opposition party said all newcomers should work whether they can speak Danish…
MoreDemonstrators outside Danish embassy in Greece
Pro-migrant demonstrators threw fake jewellery and cash at the Danish embassy in Athens yesterday, in protest at the law passed by the Danish parliament last week that allows the police to confiscate refugees’…
More‘We are very sorry but Denmark is not such a bad place’
A satirical video created by state-run TV channel DR3, aimed at correcting Denmark’s tarnished reputation in the wake of the jewellery law and other anti-refugee measures, has been seen over a million times…
MoreGovernment extends border control
The government has extended temporary control over the border with Germany by 20 days to February 23rd. At a press conference alongside Sweden’s Minister for Migration, Morgan Johansson, Tuesday, Ms Støjberg said the government assessed…
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