Mohammed illustrator meets his attacker
Kurt Westergaard called his attempted assassin a ‘small, cowardly liar’, when the two met face to face in an Århus courtroom today. The 29-year-old Somali has denied the murder charge and claimed his…
MoreTerror threat raised
The Somali axeman trial in Aarhus has increased the terror threat against Denmark, according to terror expert Helle Lykke Nielsen of the Centre for Middle East Studies at the University of Southern Denmark…
MoreUnion against retirement reform
3F, Denmark’s biggest trade union, has urged the rest of the trade union movement to pull out of the government’s Growth Forum if the Lib/Con coalition continues to push for reform of the…
MoreTamils lose deportation appeal
Denmark has the right to deport nine rejected asylum seekers back to their homeland of Sri Lanka. The European Court of Human Rights ruled today against nine Tamils who had claimed that they…
MoreNews in brief
Axeman denies murder charge – Veterans against Hizb-ut Tahrir – Inflation will hit exports The ‘mad axeman’ on trial for the attempted murder of Mohammd illustrator Kurt Westergard told an Aarhus court yesterday…
MoreSwedish politician’s rant against Denmark
Maria Wetterstrand, departing leader of the Swedish environment party, The Greens, lashed out at Denmark as a ‘closed off, intolerant country’ in her concluding speech to parliament, Wednesday. She expressed concern that Sweden…
MoreLøkke at no.10
British Prime Minister David Cameron welcomed his Danish counterpart Lars Løkke Rasmussen and seven other Nordic leaders to Downing Street last night for a ‘free exchange of ideas’. Mr Cameron, a long-time admirer…
MoreEspersen denies duplicity allegations
Minister of Foreign Affairs Lene Espersen was once again forced to deny allegations of duplicity yesterday when parliament debated the CIA rendition flights affair. She rejected an accusation by the Social Democrats’ Mogens…
MoreA flock of communists
The Danish People’s Party has dismissed the left-wing’s demand for an independent inquiry into the CIA flights as ‘communist paranoia’. The party’s foreign affairs spokesman, Søren Espersen, said the whole situation creates a…
MoreThe prosperous live longer
High earners have a greater life expectancy than those who earn least. A new survey by the National Institute for Public Health (SIF) finds that those termed ‘prosperous’ can expect to live ten…
More
