Court to make final ruling on arms dealer extradition
Hillerød District Court has scheduled 11 hearings in May/June next year to decide whether Danish arms dealer Niels Holck should be handed over to India to face criminal proceedings. The Attorney General (Rigsadvokaten) has approved the…
MoreBorder controls reinstated due to heightened terror threat
The government has reinstated controls along the German border for at least six months. Strict border controls imposed on August 3rd following a spate of Quran burnings in Copenhagen and Stockholm were revoked…
MoreDKK100 for a packet of cigarettes ‘highly unlikely’
A parliamentary majority is resisting moves to increase the price of a packet of cigarettes to DKK100 because, according to Tax Ministry calculations, it will cost the state an estimated DKK5bn in lost…
MoreMaersk installs surveillance on ships to stop sexual abuse
Shipping giant Maersk has been forced to install video and audio surveillance on 23 of its American container ships to comply with new US legislation aimed at fighting sexual offences aboard US-flagged vessels. In…
MoreIsraeli ambassador calls for caution when stopping aid
Israels Ambassador to Denmark, David Akov, has urged Danish lawmakers to ‘think twice’ before stopping all aid to the Palestine authorities. Current development aid funding has been out on hold while the government…
MoreQueen, PM attend service at Copenhagen Synagogue
Israel’s right to defend itself was repeated again and again when HM Queen Margrethe, the Prime Minister, and leading politicians gathered at Copenhagen’s Synagogue, Saturday, to pay respect to the victims of Hamas’…
MoreDrastic poll for coalition partner: Liberals now a minor party
Things just got worse for the Liberals (Venstre) who have been struggling in the polls since the grand coalition was formed in December. A new YouGov survey shows the party, which led the…
MoreBenefit cuts target immigrants
The government and a cross-party parliamentary majority have reached agreement on a wide-reaching reorganisation of the social benefits scheme, with the aim of getting more non-western immigrants off welfare and into the labour…
MoreVoters agree with PM – Danes need to work more
Although Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen was criticised by the political opposition for insinuating earlier this month that workers in Denmark are lazy ’and have a tendency to exchange increased prosperity for more leisure…
MorePM meets British counterpart
Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen held brief talks with her British counterpart Rishi Sunak in Sweden, Friday, ahead of the Joint Expeditionary Force heads of state meeting in Gotland. According to British media reports…
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