Couple freed of human trafficking charge
A marred couple from Silkeborg have been acquitted of human trafficking and released from jail. The couple had been in custody since August when they were reported to the police by a young…
MoreHostages arrive in Somalia
The Danish hi-jacked yacht is now off the coast of Somalia, although it’s unsure as to whether the family of five and two crew members who have been taken hostage by pirates are…
MoreAid organisations welcome Pind’s largesse
Danish aid organisations in Libya have welcomed the DKK60m that Minister of Development Aid Søren Pind will allow them to take from Danida’s emergency aid fund. Secretary General Anders Ladekarl of Danish Red…
MoreFilipino workers to get compensation
Four Filipino workers have been taken off the Mærsk Discover oil rig in Western Australia after it was revealed they had been working for months without a labour permit and at ‘slave rates’….
MoreCorporate tax income shrinks
The state’s earnings from the business sector continues to shrink. Corporation tax payments fell to DKK32.6bn in 2009, a DKK13.3bn/29% drop on the previous year and the lowest figure since 1999, new Statistics…
MoreNo additional aid for Libya
The people of Libya won’t be getting any extra aid funding from Denmark. Minister of Development Aid Søren Pind has told the major aid organisations that they can take DKK60m from Danida’s aid…
MoreMinister attacks left-wing daily
Information has acted in an ‘extremely dubious manner’ according to Minister of Integration Birthe Rønn Hornbech who continues to deny she acted wrongly in the stateless Palestinians affair. The left-wing newspaper cited two…
MoreTime to go, Birthe
A majority of the electorate believes that Minister of Integration Birthe Rønn Hornbech should resign as a direct consequence of the stateless Palestinians affair, and if she isn’t prepared to do so she…
MoreUN: She could have asked us
Birthe Rønn Hornbech (V) could have received all the answers she wanted about the legal status of the stateless Palestinians if she had just taken the time to call the UN Refugee Agency,…
MoreDPP leader reported to police
Pia Kjærsgaard has been reported to the police for publicly revealing information contained in a confidential memo about a group of stateless Palestinians. The Danish People’s Party leader has rejected the allegations, claiming…
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