Lost German children demand an apology
A number of children of German soldiers and Danish women have challenged the Prime Minister to acknowledge that they and their mothers were unfairly treated after the WW2 occupation when the state allegedly…
MoreNo to criminal Palestinians says DPP
The Danish People’s Party’s (DPP) opposition to 35 stateless Palestinians becoming Danish citizens will force the party to vote against a new citizenship bill today. DPP’s spokesman on citizenship, Søren Krarup, said the…
MoreDebt could lead to disaster warns bank boss
Denmark is heading for a ‘Greek tragedy’ according to Saxo Bank CEO Jens K. Høyer. With a national debt approaching DKK100bn, the outspoken bank boss warns in a blog on financial daily Børsen’s…
MoreLA calls for hospital transparency
The Liberal Alliance (LA) has urged the government to lay all its cards on the table regarding the drawn out saga of overpayment to private hospitals. After today’s news that a Finance Ministry…
MoreSAS -EgyptAir deal
SAS has agreed a so-called code share deal with EgyptAir on a number of routes between Europe and Africa. The agreement allows passengers from both airlines to travel ‘effectively’ with SAS from Brussels,…
MoreTurkey flatters Denmark in EU bid
Turkey believes that it can have all the legislative and constitutional requirements needed for EU membership in place by 2014 and hopes that the Danish EU presidency in 2012 will help to speed…
MoreDenmark no.1 in aid effectiveness
Denmark is named the world’s most effective humanitarian donor in a new independent international evaluation. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs welcomed the news as confirmation that the country’s re-vamped humanitarian strategy, launched in…
MoreDid Løkke know?
Prime Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen has been contradicted by a top civil servant from his time as Minister of Finance in the private hospitals affair. In 2009 the Ministry of Health expressed concern…
MoreMinister ’embarrassed on nation’s behalf’
‘A scandal’ – that’s the reaction of Minister of Education Tina Nedergaard after seeing business college students unable to work out simple 3rd-grade-level calculations in a revealing documentary, ‘Too Many Zeroes’. Ms Nedergaard…
MoreAsylum dispute
Denmark is involved in a new asylum dispute after a Sudanese man who applied for asylum on arrival in this country was sent back to Greece. The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR)…
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