Court permits intimate sex details in spy boss’s damages trial
Lyngby District Court has ruled that details about former ‘spy boss’ Lars Findsen’s sex life can form part of his financial compensation lawsuit against Danish Intelligence (PET) and the Ministry of Justice. Mr…
MoreForeign Minister highlights need for more trade with southeast Asia
At the start of a 2-day visit to Malaysia, Wednesday, Foreign Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen highlighted the growing importance of ASEAN (The Association of Southeast Asian Nations) for the EU. Speaking at a…
MoreMinister under fire for lax oversight of gender-segregation at Muslim school
Education Minister Mattias Tesfaye is facing a grilling as to why he failed to enforce a directive ordering a Muslim private school in Helsingør to end gender-segregated religious instruction. A 2023 inspection by…
MoreDelivery of artillery systems to Ukraine brought forward
The planned delivery of CAESAR artillery systems to Ukraine has been fast-forwarded to next year. Originally planned for 2026, the delivery is now expected in 2025 as part of extra funding announced by…
MoreSympathy for shoplifters
Shoplifting is at an all-time high. A new report by the National Association of Danish Grocers (Danske Samvirkende Købmænd) shows close to 28,000 incidents of theft from shops and supermarkets have been reported to…
MoreBusiness shorts
Banks in buy-out….Chinese turbine company hires warehouse space in Odense….Ørsted sells 50% stake in China project… Denmark’s largest mortgage lender Nykredit Realkredit has agreed to buy out competitor Spar Nord Bank, making it…
MoreFrederiksen: When Syria is safe, Syrians should go home
Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen is confident that Syrian residents will return home once the political situation in their own country stabilises. Following parliamentary question time, Tuesday, the PM told reporters that if the…
MorePM defends aid committment to Ukraine
Prime Minister Mette Fredriksen reacted angrily yesterday to claims that Denmark is contributing too much to the war effort in Ukraine compared to other countries. In response to Danish People’s Party (DPP) leader…
MoreSyrian refugees rank high in crime, unemployment
Syrian nationals in this country rank third highest amongst all immigrant groups for crime and have an unemployment rate of nearly 50%, new data from Statistics Denmark shows. Integration specialist Henrik Kokborg attributed…
MoreOne in five struggle with reading
1 in 5 Danish adults have low literacy skills. Despite a decade of initiatives to alleviate the problem a new report by the International Assessment of Adult Competencies (PIAAC) shows the proportion of…
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