Moral dilemma for Lundbeck as Texas prepares for execution
Danish pharmaceutical giant Lundbeck’s moral responsibility will be tested again in Texas, USA, today when Cary Kerr, a convicted rapist and murderer, faces execution by lethal injection. The German Nicole Baltus, a pen-friend…
MoreDanish company bids for Ukraine toxic waste
Denmark could be heading for a new toxic waste controversy. Although Environment Minister Karen Ellemann blocked the transport of around 6,100 tons of dangerous HCB heading for Danish waste disposer Kommunekemi from Australia…
MoreCandles outside US Embassy
The Liberal Party’s youth wing lighted candles outside the US Embassy in Copenhagen, Monday evening, to ‘commemorate the victims of bin-Laden’s reign of terror’. A spokesman said the death of bin Laden signalled…
MoreDenmark sits exam in human rights
There’s room for improvement but on the whole, Denmark is a country that’s respected for observing human rights. That was the verdict from head of the Institute for Human rights, Jonas Christoffersen, after…
MorePM congratulates US on bin Laden death
Prime Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen congratulated President Obama and the American people after receiving the welcome news of Osama bin Laden’s death. Before making a congratulatory telephone call to US Ambassador to Denmark,…
MoreLene E: The fight continues
Minister of Foreign Affairs Lene Espersen called the assassination of Osama bin-Laden a ‘symbolic victory’ but said the ‘ideal solution’ is to try people in a court of law. Echoing the Prime Minister…
MoreFogh: NATO’s resolve won’t waiver
NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen said the war on terrorist is far from over, even though the leading terrorist of all, Osama bin Laden, is dead. The former Danish Prime Minister said…
MoreBritish newspaper: Danish F-16’s killed Gaddafi’s son
According to the recognised British newspaper,The Guardian, it was Danish F-16 fighter jets that were responsible for the air strikes on Libya, Saturday, when Moamar Gaddafi’s youngest son was killed. The newspaper quotes…
MoreNo free ride for the unemployed
No more sponging off society. If the opposition gains power at this year’s election, Helle Thorning-Schmidt intends to make life harder for those content to live off social handouts. In a defiant 1st…
MoreEducation is the key to crisis says opposition
Major multinational companies such as Nestlé, Shell, and IBM will be required to pay more in tax if the left-wing opposition gains power in this year’s election, to finance the re-training of 40,000…
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