Nørrebro demonstration turns violent
Left-wing anarchists smashed bank windows and attacked the police with Molotov cocktails, stones, and bottles, in Copenhagen, Saturday. According to reports around 200 youths, purportedly supporting the Reclaim the Streets group, gathered in…
MoreLøkke warns against unrealistic budget demands
Prime Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen has cautioned his support parties on the right not to anticipate funds for many new initiatives in upcoming 2016 budget negotiations, despite the prospect of a lower deficit…
MoreLower budget deficit as economy recovers
The budget deficit looks like being far less than forecasted. A new study by the Economic Council of the Labour Movement, based on National Bank figures, indicates a deficit of DKK10bn this year,…
MoreLA demands release of Iraq Commission papers
The Liberal Alliance continues to put pressure on the government to release all the documents from the now disbanded Iraq/Afghanistan Commission. The Liberal government pulled the plug on the Commission shortly after coming…
MoreJobless Muslim rejects work involving pork, alcohol
The Danish People’s Party has asked Integration Minister Inger Støjberg to review the residency permit of an unemployed Muslim dentist who’s been denied social benefits because he refused to take any jobs involving…
MoreSell off depopulated islands says expert
An Aalborg University lecturer has sparked off a political and social outcry by urging the state to sell off tiny, de-populated Danish islands to rich foreigners, business people, or investment funds. According to…
MoreNewspaper accused of racial insensitivity
Left-leaning daily Politiken has been accused of racial insensitivity for publishing a graph rating famous Afro-American on a ‘scale of evil’. The London Metro newspaper reports how the graph has created a ‘shit…
MorePolice hunted innocent man for years
Danish police have for years tried to track down a Chilean man who’s registered as a criminal in this country, even though he’s never been outside Chile. Up until one week ago, 33-year…
MorePoppy seeds killed Danish backpacker in Australia
An Australian coroner has ruled that 26-year-old Dane Jonas Pedersen died from accidental morphine intoxication last year after brewing poppy heads from Tasmanian plantations in a cup of tea. From Australian Associated Press:…
MoreDONG disclosures could embarrass ex-finance minister
Full disclosure of all documents surrounding Goldman Sachs’ controversial purchase of a 19% ownership stake in the state-owned energy giant DONG could prove awkward for former Social Democrat finance minister Bjarne Corydon. The…
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