India renews extradition efforts
India has renewed efforts to get Danish arms smuggler Niels Holck extradited to face charges in an Indian court. According to Indian media sources, Indian Home Secretary R.K. Singh discussed the issue of…
Søvndal’s appeal to India
The government is desperately trying to repair Denmark’s broken relationship with India. Ahead of tomorrow’s opening of a major Danish/Indian culture project, ‘India Today / Copenhagen Tomorrow’, promoting the exchange of culture, science…
7.59 – Danish News Today – The Week That Was, July 16th – July 22nd, 2012
Politics/Economy Danish People’s Party leader Pia Kjærsgaard compared Red/Green Alliance spokesman Per Clausen to ex-Cambodian dictator Pol Pot, while Social Democrat ‘whip’ Henrik Sass Larsen branded the Red/Green Alliance as ‘Marxists, Trotskyites, and…
Confusion surrounds India’s alleged visa ban on Scandinavian nationals
7.59 Danish News Today reported a story in the Indian newspaper, The Telegraph, Thursday, claiming that citizens of Denmark, Norway, and Sweden would no longer be allowed to travel to India in retaliation…
India slaps visa ban on Scandinavians
India has heightened its stand-off with Denmark by refusing to issue visas to Scandinavians. The Danish authorities’ refusal to extradite convicted arms dealer Niels Holck continues to anger Delhi, although according to the…
7.59 -Danish News Today – The Week That Was, June 18th-June 24th, 2012
Politics / Economy After weeks of on-off negotiations, the government finally brokered a tax reform agreement with the Liberals and Conservatives, leading to threats from the Red/Green Alliance not to vote for the…
India puts Denmark on ice
Denmark’s relationship with India is now so damaged that it’s as bad as the Mohammed crisis when Danish goods were boycotted throughout the Middle East, according to DI, the Confederation of Danish Industries….
Danish Cabinet Minister: I feel honoured representing both Denmark and India
Minister for Ecclesiastical Affairs and Gender Equality Manu Sareen’s claim in an interview with the Times of India (TOI) that he feels like both an Indian and a Dane, and when he’s giving…
Minister caught up in Indian trouble
There’s no sign of India’s grudge against Denmark abating. The controversy surrounding convicted arms smuggler Niels Holck, who the Danish Supreme Court refused to extradite on the grounds that he could face torture…
7.59 – Danish News Today – The Week That Was, October 3rd – October 9th, 2011
Politics An historic week for Danish politics as Helle Thorning-Schmidt became the country’s first-ever Prime Minister. The Social Democrat (S) leader had to back down on a number of key issues to stitch…
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