New party could spell bad news for Thorning
Voters will have an extra choice at this year’s election – the Alternative Party, led by former culture minister Uffe Elbæk, has collected the required 20,260 ‘voter declarations’ legally required for a party…
MoreMuslims to form peace ring around Town Hall Square
Danish Muslims, refused permission to form a human shield around the Krysalgade synagogue in sympathy with the Jewish community, have arranged an alternative ‘ring of peace’ around Rådhuspladen (Town Hall Square) on Friday…
MorePolice officers reprimanded for wheelchair incident
The Police Union has declined to comment on the reprimands handed down yesterday to two Copenhagen officers for an incident last year, which culminated in a disabled man tumbling out of his wheelchair…
MoreApple makes billion dollar investment in Denmark
IT giant Apple is to build a DKK6bn ($1bn) data centre in Viborg, central Jutland, powered by 100 percent renewable energy. A similar facility is to be built in Athenry, Ireland, bringing total…
MoreGovernment rejects capital controls
The government has rejected claims it could consider imposing capital controls as policy makers and economists try to explain the mechanisms through which the nation’s currency regime operates. The Economy Ministry told business…
MoreLenders avoid negative interest on mortgages
Interest rates on Danish adjustable-rate mortgage bonds remained unexpectedly positive on the first day of refinancing auctions on Monday, after a surprise weakening of the krone, lenders said. “Flex-loans” have provided low interest…
MoreCIA: Pacifist Danes don’t make good spies
A previously confidential CIA report from the Cold War years cites the difficulties of hiring spies in this country, as Danes are ‘pacifist, self-sufficient, who don’t care about the greater good and are…
MoreKiller gets Muslim burial
Omar El-Hussein, 22, the alleged perpetrator of last weekend’s terror attacks, was buried in an unmarked grave in the Muslim cemetery in Brøndby, on the outskirts of Copenhagen, Friday, despite objections from the…
MoreWhy wasn’t PET informed?
The Danish People’s Party (DPP) has demanded straight answers as to why PET (Danish Intelligence) wasn’t informed when suspected terrorist Omar El-Hussein was released by police in January. Despite initial reports that the…
MoreKiller hailed as a ‘martyr and a hero’
Omar El-Hussein, the alleged perpetrator of the Copenhagen terror killings last weekend, has been hailed as a ‘brave martyr and a hero’ by four of his former classmates in Jordan. The four friends…
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