Fighter jet deal in danger?
Denmark’s biggest and most expensive purchase of military hardware ever – the DKK30-40 bn deal to buy a new fleet of fighter jets to replace the Air Force’s ageing fleet of F-16’s –…
MoreSøren ‘foot in mouth’ Pind
Minister of Integration Søren Pind’s reputation for ‘shooting from the hip’ surfaced again yesterday when he called the Council of Europe’s human rights commissioner, Thomas Hammarberg, an ‘idiot’ and ‘a waste of space’….
MoreMohammed illustrator on trial in Jordan
A Jordanian court is ready to start a trial against Mohammed illustrator Kurt Westergaard. Zakary Sheik, spokesman for a local Amman media group that’s suing Mr Westergaard for blasphemy, said the illustrator has…
MoreGovernment ignores Dalai Lama
Neither Prime Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen nor Minister of Foreign Affairs Lene Espersen have any plans to meet the Dalai Lama during his visit to Denmark next week. In a formal response to…
MoreVideo surveillance of Nørrebro
Large parts of the inner city district of Nørrebro are to be placed under constant video surveillance. In response to safety concerns from local residents and the recent spate of gang-related shootings, Copenhagen…
MoreVincent and Josephine – and Waltzing Mathilda
Three months of speculation came to an end yesterday when the twins born to Crown Prince Frederik and Princess Mary were christened. The royal couple shunned more traditional names by naming the baby…
MoreLene E: More countries needed to bomb Gaddafi
Minister of Foreign Affairs Lene Espersen has called on more NATO countries to join the alliance’s bombing missions in Libya. Ms Espersen said the USA’s withdrawn role has led to a shortage of…
MoreAPM splashes the cash
A.P. Møller-Mærsk (APM) is lining up a new multi-million dollar investment. According to the Singapore-based Business Times, APM CEO Nils Smedegaard said at the Singapore Maritime Lecture, Tuesday, that Mærsk Line is ‘likely’…
MoreCopenhagen Airport in line with the big boys
The opening up of a new Middle East route has boosted the international status of Copenhagen Airport. When Gulf Air starts to fly from Copenhagen to Bahrain on the 1st of July, alongside…
MoreMulti-million loss for DSB
The acting CEO of DSB, Klaus Pedersen, has been forced to resign after the release of figures showing the national rail carrier suffered a half-billion loss in 2010 after being forced to pump…
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