APM gives USD1m free freight
Danish shipping and oil giant A.P. Møller-Mærsk (APM) has donated 1 million US dollar’s worth of free worldwide transport of emergency aid to the victims of the Japan earthquake. Senior APM consultant Jens…
MoreQueen in Afghanistan
Queen Margrethe has arrived home after visiting Danish forces in Afghanistan, the first time ever that Her Majesty has been in a war zone. Accompanied by Minister of Defence Gitte Lillund Bech, the…
MoreLess welfare in the future
Local authorities are ready to accept cuts in welfare, no matter who wins the next election. At the National Association of Local Authorities congress in Aalborg, chairman Jan Trøjberg warned that Danes are…
MoreWhat now, little man?
The Social Democrats (S) and Socialist People’s Party (SPP) will be keeping a close eye on Prime Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen in Brussels as Denmark joins the EU euro cooperation pact. After the…
MoreDPP warns of a ‘Spring of discontent’
The Danish People’s Party (DPP) have vowed to make life hard for the government over the next few months. The anti-EU party is so furious at Denmark’s participation in the EU pact that…
MoreLibya: Where’s the strategy?
Questions are being asked about Denmark’s military strategy in Libya. Minister of Foreign Affairs Lene Espersen assured parliament’s Defence Committee, Friday that the mission would have ‘definite aims and strategy’ but after a…
MoreBig Business: Stop blaming immigrants
Denmark will suffer unless the negative immigration debate stops. As government politicians continue to argue about the threat to the welfare society posed by EU rulings that undermine Denmark’s strict immigration policy, top…
MoreFinance Ministry ‘lost’ DKK44bn
Minister of Finance Claus Hjort Frederiksen miscalculated Denmark’s budget deficit by DKK43.6bn last year, according to new Statistics Denmark figures. The Ministry informed the EU Commission in February 2010 that Denmark would have…
MoreDeportation for Tunisian?
Minister of Integration Søren Pind is exploring the possibility of deporting the Tunisian national who, according to Danish Intelligence (PET), was planning to murder Mohammed illustrator Kurt Westergaard. The risk of the 39-year-old…
MoreDanish jets in bombing raids
Danish F-16 fighter jets dropped bombs on Libya yesterday. After flying 12 missions since Sunday to help enforce the no-fly zone, Danish Tactical Air Command announced that the six F-16’s stationed in Sicily…
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