Refugees housed in tents as snow falls
40 refugees spent their first night in Denmark in tents, Saturday, just as winter’s first snowfall arrived. The municipality of Thisted’s has agreed to operate an emergency refugee centre containing 25 tents, each…
MoreDenmark dependent upon Europol
Denmark uses Europol more than any other EU country. New calculations by DR News show that Denmark searched the Europol EIS database 71,000 times last year, around 200 times every day, in the…
MoreNegativity towards Muslims
The recent spate of terrorism has altered the overall view of Muslims in this country. A new Gallup survey shows that 21 per cent of the electorate has a more negative attitude towards…
MoreCopenhagen bomb scare
Danish police were called to investigate a ‘suspicious item’ outside the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Copenhagen, Sunday morning. The area around Strandgade and Skt. Annæ Gade was cleared and cordoned off by…
More‘Blue’ state budget announced
Finance Minister Claus Hjort Frederiksen (Lib.) presented the 2016 state budget on Thursday, which marked the culmination of lengthy negotiations between the Liberals, the Danish People’s Party (DPP), Liberal Alliance (LA) and the…
MoreSPP: State budget lacks solidarity
The opposition parties are united in their disappointment with the new state budget agreement, which they believe will only benefit the rich. Pia Olsen Dyhr, leader of the Socialist People’s Party (SPP), found…
MoreDanish economy better than anticipated in 2014
The Danish economy improved slightly more in 2014 than earlier financial forecasts had expected. In a recent review of the national accounts, Statistics Denmark determined that the gross domestic product (GDP) had actually…
MoreDPP to repay EU funds for boat trip
The Danish People’s Party (DPP) may have to repay DKK120,700 to the EU — money that the party used to pay for a boat trip in connection with the 2013 local elections. On…
MoreGovernment expects more asylum seekers in 2016
The government is now estimating an increase in the number of expected asylum seekers to Denmark in 2016 — from 15,000 to 25,000 people. The additional costs related to the increase will be…
MoreRed-Greens call for sanctions against IS supporters
The Red-Green Alliance are asking the Foreign Minister to strengthen efforts against the terrorist organisation Islamic State (IS) after last week’s attacks in Paris, which killed almost 130 people. According to Red-Green spokesperson…
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