Pregnant drug addicts to be locked up?
Minister of Social Affairs Benedikte Kjær is investigating the possibility of forcibly detaining pregnant drug addicts and alcoholics. With more and more babies being born with handicaps and other defects because of their…
MoreCancer threat at Burger King
Thousands of hungry consumers in this country have exposed themselves to the threat of cancer by eating at Burger King. A new analysis by the food control authorities reveals that the US fast-food…
More13 kroner a litre for petrol
The price of a litre of petrol in this country is slowly edging towards a new record. Statoil will be charging DKK12.79 for a litre of octane 95 today and senior Danske Bank…
MoreBusiness sector optimism put smiles on economists’ faces
New Statistics Denmark figures reveal widespread optimism in the business sector. The cyclical indicator for industry rose to 9 in April, compared to 1 the previous month, and to 15 in the business…
MoreWeak housing market
The current low level of lending activity in the mortgage market reflects the continuing poor state of the housing market. Mortgage lenders’ loans to house and apartment purchases rose by just DKK2bn in…
MoreStart spreading the news – Queen in New York
HM Queen Margrethe and Royal Consort Prince Henrik are to visit the USA for six days in June. The couple will attend the Royal Ballet’s performance at the Kennedy Centre in Washington DC, before…
MoreSolo MP threatens government’s majority
The Liberal/ Conservative /Danish People’s Party (DPP) alliance doesn’t have the necessary votes to tighten immigration legislation even more. Although the DPP has demanded more restrictions in return for its support of the…
MoreImmigration: Where’s the dignity?
The government has lost whatever dignity it may have had by touting new figures showing how immigrants from non-western countries are a financial burden on society, according to former Social Liberal leader Marianne…
MoreNordic neighbours experience immigration boom
Norway is experiencing its own immigration challenges. New figures from the Norwegian Statistics Agency (SSB) show that over 600,000 people, or nearly 13% of the population of 4.9m, are immigrants or their descendants….
MoreDon’t have a blood clot in the afternoon
Many people who suffer a life-threatening blood clot in the Greater Copenhagen region have to be transferred to Lund hospital in Southern Sweden because the National Hospital (Rigshospitalet) doesn’t have the resources to…
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