Kosovo passes prison agreement
At the second time of asking Kosovo’s parliament has approved a deal to rent 300 jail cells to Denmark. Under the terms of the original agreement signed in 2022, the Danish authorities will…
MoreTorture Institute raises red flag about prison deal
The Danish Institute Against Torture (DIAT) has expressed ‘serious reservations’ about Denmark’s prison deal with Kosovo. After the Kosovan parliament passed a bill yesterday that will allow Denmark to ship foreign prisoners to…
More‘Peaceful’ demonstrators daubed terror threats outside embassy
Pro-Palestine activists daubed hateful messages and terror threats on the road outside the Israeli Embassy in Copenhagen following a demonstration, Sunday. Despite claiming to be peaceful, activists scrawled messages of support for Hamas’…
MoreNew report: Local authorities could save billion by cutting red-tape
Local government authorities could save up to DKK8bn if they were willing to fire thousands of administrative workers, a new study by the right-leaning think-tank CEPOS has found. Early this year local municipalities…
MoreGovernment won’t join rush to recognise Palestine as independent state
Recognition of Palestine as an independent state isn’t a miracle pathway to peace, Foreign Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen said yesterday. After Ireland, Norway, and Spain announced they will formally recognise a Palestinian state…
MorePolice ban criminal biker gang
The police have imposed a temporary ban on the the notorious biker gang Bandidos, citing their ‘violent behavior’. The head of the National Special Crime Unit, Lasse Boye, said the police have assesses ban…
MoreTerror suspect detained again
A 58-year-old male detained since December on suspicion of terrorism was remanded in custody for a further four weeks by Frederiksberg District Court, Wednesday. The man was one of seven people suspected of…
MorePopulist party threatens to pull out of climate deal
The Danish People’s Party (DPP) has threatened to pull out of the cross-party climate agreement if it leads to job losses and more expensive meat. In 2019 the DPP was among a majority…
More‘Black’ Texas boycotts ‘green’ Danish banks
Denmark’s two biggest banks, Nordea and Danske, have been boycotted by the US state of Texas for promoting a green agenda. A spokesperson for the state said the two banks are part of…
MoreEconomy shrinks as pharma output dips
The Danish economy shrank by 1.8% in the year’s first quarter (Q1) but leading economists have shrugged off signs of an impending crisis. The latest Statistics Denmark figures show the biggest quarterly economic…
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