Swedish handball coach sentenced for airport bomb joke
The coach for Sweden’s under-18 handball team was given a 2-year suspended sentence by Copenhagen District Court, Thursday, for joking that he had a bomb in his luggage when passing through Copenhagen Airport…
MoreNATO assembly in Copenhagen
The 4-day Annual Session of the NATO Parliamentary Assembly (PA) gets underway in Copenhagen today where almost 300 parliamentarians from the 31 NATO countries will meet to discuss security policy challenges currently facing…
MoreDanish immigration policy touted in Bavaria election
Denmark’s hardline immigration policy has become a major theme of the election campaign in the German state of Bavaria. A quarter of a million refugees and migrants have already arrived in Germany this…
MoreSocialists demand more welfare spending
The Socialist People’s Party (SPP) has come up with a counter proposal to the government’s bid to cut welfare programmes – more public spending. The left-wing party has proposed an extra DKK2.4bn for…
MoreLA leader pushes for legalised cocaine
In the midst of the legalised cannabis debate the business-friendly Liberal Alliance has gone a step further and suggested decriminalising cocaine. In a podcast interview, Wednesday, LA leader Alex Vanopslagh, the ’new star’ of…
MoreEthics Council says no to assisted dying
Despite a recent survey showing 72% of the electorate support assisted dying the Danish National Centre for Ethics (Etisk Råd) has issued a strong ’no’ to legal euthanasia. In a report published Wednesday,…
MoreDenmark, freed from opt-out, joins EU military mobility project
Denmark shed its EU defence opt-out last year enabling the country to join the Permanent Structured Cooperation (PESCO). Denmark is now fully and equally involved in all parts of EU military cooperation and…
MoreSmall time investors lose millions as SAS shares become worthless
Scandinavian Airlines (SAS) may have been rescued from bancruptcy but the new ownersship structure has made existing shares in the company virtually worthless. SAS shares slumped by as much as 95% on Wednesday…
MorePM focusses on schools, reforms in opening speech to parliament
Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen focused on the public school system in her opening speech to Parliament, Tuesday. As part of the government’s ambition to ‘liberate’ the public sector she said the coalition is…
MoreNew poll: Government facing 25-seat loss
The government’s downturn continues. The latest Epinion poll for DR news shows only 36.4% of the electorate would vote for the coalition if an election was held today, which would lose 25 of…
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