Hypocritical EU
US ambassador to Denmark Rufus Gifford said that the EU, including Denmark, should stop complaining about US surveillance and instead take part in an open debate about intelligence services. ‘Right now, The US…
MoreSix Danish combat airplanes to monitor airspace over the Baltics
As Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania reportedly feel threatened by Russia following their recent action in the Crimea, the three Baltic countries have requested air support as they have no combat planes of their…
MoreSocial Democrats want Helle Thorning to go to Brussels
The Danish Prime Minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt and her close allies have long known that the imminent change of central guards in Brussels would lead to speculation about her future in Danish politics, and…
MoreThe European Court does not necessarily have the last say
Nobody can expect a EU member state to give up its own welfare system because of a ruling by the European Court, Chairman of the European Parliament, German Social Democrat Martin Schultz explained…
MoreNo more anonymity for Danish police officers
It has taken the Ministry of Justice and the Danish Police three years to come up with three suggestions as to how individual police officers can be identified in relation to complaints. In…
MoreNew NETS owner to be investigated
One of NETS’ new owners, the US venture capital fund Advent International (AI), will be subjected to further scrutiny by the Danish Competition Authority as it appears that AI also owns Oberthur, the…
MoreDanish builders are the ‘Eastern Europeans’ in Norway
Many a Danish craftsman will sneer at foreign, Eastern European, craftsmen who are not organised in a union and hence are not subjected to the relevant agreements in their field. However, Danish craftsmen…
MoreAn Englishman intent on making Magasin du Nord flourish
Peter King spent most of his career running the British department store Debenhams but now he takes a daily stroll through the Danish department store Magasin du Nord on Kongens Nytorv because it…
MoreHead of EU Parliament to Helle Thorning-Schmidt: ‘Nothing compares to you’
At a Copenhagen press conference, Tuesday, German President of the EU Parliament Martin Schulz spoke freely about the ‘welfare tourism’ issue and joked about his possible rival for a top EU post, Helle…
MoreFour lions join Marius the giraffe on Copenhagen Zoo’s death list
Copenhagen Zoo has again hit the headlines worldwide. After provoking international outrage last month for putting down ‘Marius’, a healthy giraffe, and dissecting it in front of children, the Zoo has now destroyed…
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