Danish jets in ‘high-risk’ mission over Libya
Danish fighter jets were involved in air strikes against Libya, Sunday, just 30 hours after parliament sanctioned Denmark’s participation in the ‘Odyssey Dawn’ mission against Muammar Gaddafi. Minister of Defence Gitte Lillelund Bech…
MoreShowdown with Gaddafi
As fighter jets prepared to rain missiles down on Libyan regime forces, Saturday, Prime Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen said that a broad international coalition had sent a clear message to Muammar Gaddafi –…
MoreTroops on the ground too, say Socialists
The first cracks have started to appear in the historic, cross-party parliamentary agreement to support military intervention against Muammar Gaddafi’s regime in Libya. The normally anti-military Socialist People’s Party (SPP) has suggested that…
MoreRefugees avoid Denmark
The increasing stream of refugees fleeing from North African hasn’t had any visible effect on Denmark – in fact, quite the opposite. New figures show that the number of people seeking asylum in…
MoreDPP leader: Danish politics ‘paralysed’
Danish politics is treading water right now as everybody waits for the election to be called, Danish People’s Party leader Pia Kjærsgaard said yesterday. “It’s an odd situation”, she said. “Lots of talk…
MoreHealth survey good news for opposition
Health issues top the list of voter concern. A new Analyse Denmark survey shows that the health sector plays the biggest role when voters are asked who’ll they be backing in this year’s…
MoreA referendum would be ‘irresponsible’ says MEP
Jens Rohde, Liberal member of the EU Parliament, has warned Prime Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen not to put EU cooperation at risk for the sake of a domestic election campaign. The PM has…
MoreNo challenge to EU rulings says Minister
Minister of Integration Søren Pind says he can see no reason to challenge EU rulings that undermine Danish immigration legislation – much to the dismay of the Danish People’s Party (DPP). Mr Pind…
MoreDanes embarrassed by Danish
Danes are suffering from a ‘language inferiority complex’ – they don’t feel that Danish sounds very nice. A new Copenhagen University survey reveals that not only do Danes believe that most other languages…
MoreAnother convention violation?
The government has once again been accused of violating an international immigration ruling. According to a European convention, passed unanimously by the Danish parliament, all applicants who are rejected have to be given…
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