Pakistani Intelligence linked to attack on Danish newspaper
A high-ranking major in the Pakistani intelligence agency, ISI, was allegedly involved in the plans to launch a terrorist attack on Jyllands-Posten, publisher of the original Mohammed cartoons. Pakistani-American David Headley, who was…
MoreJustice Minister’s damage limitation exercise
Minister of Justice Lars Barfoed was forced to call his European colleagues yesterday and assure them that Denmark isn’t becoming a closed off country. After widespread criticism of Denmark’s plans to impose stringent…
MoreVisa demand for Danes
If the Danish government implements stringent border controls as planned then Danes should be required to be in possession of a visa when they travel through Europe. That’s the response of leading French-German…
MoreHillary praises Lene E.
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton was full of praise for her Danish colleague Lene Espersen after the Arctic Council’s ministers’ meeting in Nuuk, Greenland, yesterday. The former First Lady said it was…
MoreNegotiations finished today?
The long-drawn out negotiations about retirement reform could finally be drawing to a close. After another three hours of talks yesterday, Social Liberal leader Margrethe Vestager said there was now agreement on most…
MoreNo changes in reform bill say Social Liberals
The Social Liberals won’t accept any attempt to repeal retirement reform legislation after this year’s election. The Social Democrats and Socialist People’s Party warned yesterday they would invite parties to a new round…
MoreInternational backing for Libya mission
A new international poll reflects positive worldwide support for NATO’s intervention in Libya. People in Belgium, South Africa, Australia, India, France, Sweden and Canada are the most supportive, with positive ratings above 70%,…
MoreDenmark and South Korea’s green deal
Denmark and South Korea have signed a ‘green technology’ partnership agreement. At a Copenhagen meeting today, Prime Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen and South Korea’s President Lee Myung-bak proudly presented a bilateral agreement between…
MorePind deflects border control criticism
Minister of Integration spent the morning ‘putting out fires’ as he tried to deflect widespread European condemnation of Denmark’s new border controls. The government’s decision to introduce strict control of the country’s national…
MoreSocialists: Government should come clean
Socialists: Government should come clean The Socialist People’s Party (SPP) has dismissed the government’s refusal to comment on whether Danish bombs were responsible for the death of Muammar Gaddafi’s son as ‘ridiculous’. After…
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