Islamic State housewife drops Supreme Court appeal
A 36-year-old woman convicted of being a foreign fighter in Syria has withdrawn her Supreme Court appeal so she can be reunited with her children more quickly. Her defence lawyer told DR News:…
MoreParties clash over student loans barrier to citizenship
A Danish People’s Party (DPP) proposal that would disbar students from becoming citizens has sparked a heated parliamentary debate. The DPP belives anyone who defaults on student loans should be ineligible for Danish…
MoreDanske Bank to compensate customers for debt collection errors
Danske Bank will pay back 47,000 customers affected by the bank’s illegal debt collection practices, which date back over two decades. The bank plans to provide compensation to the “vast majority” of affected…
MoreUkrainian Minister: F-16 training postponed after ‘broken promise’
The F-16 training programme for Ukrainian pilots, scheduled to begin in June, has been put back as ‘the timeline keeps changing,’ Ukraine’s foreign minister, Dmytro Kuleba told Ukrainian news outlet Ukrainska Pravda, Wednesday….
MoreMall murderer sentenced to mental health facility
The 23-year-old man who killed three people and injured 23 others in a mass shooting at the Fields shopping mall in Amager last year was sentenced to detention in a secure medical facility,…
MoreAccused in dividend fraud case jailed due to “flight risk”
British hedge fund trader Anthony Mark Patterson, one of the alleged ringleaders of the 2016 multi-billion share dividend scam , was remanded in custody for four weeks by Glostrup District Court, Wednesday. The presiding…
MorePolice investigate suspicious vehicle outside embassy
Copenhagen police were called after a suspicious car was abandoned on the pavement outside the Swedish embassy in Copenhagen, Wednesday. A police spokesperson said the police received a report at 2:20 pm that…
MoreEU report criticises Denmark’s “revolving door” from minister to lobbyist
Denmark has been singled out in a new EU report for a lack of legislation to prevent government ministers from moving directly into lucrative jobs the private sector after quittng politics. The report,…
MoreMan charged with knife attack on Iranian Ambassador
A 33-year-old man is facing prosecution for a failed knife attack on the ambassador at the Iranian embassy Copenhagen in October last year. The accused is charged under a specific section of the…
MoreMcDonald’s ceases use of Russian fish
Fast-food giant McDonald’s has stopped using Russian fish in their popular Filet-O-Fish burgers in Denmark in the wake of the country’s invasion of Ukraine. This was confirmed in a statement by Fannie Pramming,…
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