Denmark joins Winter Olympics boycott
Denmark has joined the growing list of countries that won’t be sending any official representatives to the Winter Olympics in China next month. Foreign Minister Jeppe Kofod told DR News, Friday, that the…
MoreEx-PM calls on West to support Taiwan against China’s ‘warfare tactics’
Former Danish Prime Minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen has called on the U.S. and Europe to show more support for Taiwan. In a Newsweek op-ed titled “China Is Using Economic Coercion as Blackmail. The…
MoreVirus updates
Positivity rate at record-high as daily infections pass 26,000…Cinemas, theatres reopen as restrictions are lifted…. 26,169 new corona cases were registered, Thursday, the highest number of infection cases registered in a single day…
MoreRape allegations, prosecutions up after consent law
The new sexual consent law passed 12 months ago has led to a significant increase in rape reports and prosecutions. The year-end figures show 2,110 reports of rape in 2021, compared to 1,392 the…
MoreGood week, Bad week…
It was a good week for… ….Every homeowner in this country who, on average, became DKK231,000 richer in 2021 as the housing market continued to boom… … three suspected Nigerian pirates who had…
MoreNew report: Russian embassy employs ‘snoops’
A new Danish Intelligence (PET) report claims the Russian embassy in Copenhagen employs a number of ‘intelligence agents’ who work under cover of being diplomats but whose real job is to recruit sources…
MoreChina accused of tapping Danish technology
While naming Russia as the biggest threat to Denmark a new Danish Intelligence (PET) report also claims that foreign intelligence services – including from China and Iran – have tried to make contact…
MoreEx-defence minister may have breached confidentiality oath
Former defence minister Claus Hjort Frederiksen may have violated his oath of confidentiality during a recent interview by confirming the existence of a surveillance agreement between Denmark and the USA. According to criminal…
MoreImmigration Minister grilled in Brussels: ‘How do you sleep at night?’
Immigration Minister Mattias Tesfaye came under fire from MEPs when he defended Denmark’s hard-line Syria repatriation policy before the European Parliament’s Civil Liberty Committee in Brussels, Thursday. Dutch lawmaker Sophie in ‘t Veld said when Denmark…
MoreMuslim women awarded compensation for refusing to shake hands
Two Muslim women who refused to shake hands with men during a traineeship at a teacher training college have been awarded DKK25,000 ($3,800) each in compensation by the Ligebehandlingsnævnet (Board of Equal Treatment)…
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