Right-wing push for citizenship restrictions
Foreign nationals should be required to accept ‘core Danish values’ and show support for fundamental democratic principles when applying for Danish citizenship according to the right-leaning Liberal Alliance (LA). In an interview with…
MorePM pushes for more investment in Ukraine defence companies
Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen has called for more investment in Ukraine’s own arms industry. Speaking at a press conference in Iceland ahead of a Nordic Council meeting in Reykjavík today, where President Zelensky…
MoreForeign fighter and son repatriated from Syrian detention camp
A woman repatriated from Syria’s al-Roj refugee camp along with her eight-year-old son was arrested on arrival in Denmark late last week to face charges of violating the anti-terror act. The child, a…
MoreMuslim groups boycott meeting with government
Eleven Muslim organisations cancelled a scheduled meeting with Immigration Minister Kaare Dybvad Bek and Minister for Ecclesiastical Affairs Morten Dahlin at parliament, Thursday, called to discuss both antisemitism and islamophobia. Urfan Zahoor Ahmed,…
MoreAuthorities have approved 300 child bride marriages
The Danish authorities have approved around 300 marriages since 1986 involving minors in which one of the spouses was under 15 years old. A Berlingske report based on Central Personal Register data shows…
MoreImam arranged ‘blood money’ in murder case
An imam at the Al-Hidayyah-mosque in the northwest district of Copenhagen allegedly negotiated ‘blood money’ for the family of a 17-year-old Bulgarian hairdressing apprentice mistakenly shot dead by gang members in December 2021….
MoreJustice Ministry launches probe into Iranian embassy’s villa
The Ministry of Justice has launched an investigation into whether Iran’s embassy broke the rules when it purchased a villa in the northwest district of Copenhagen seventeen years ago. Tabloid daily Ekstra Bladet…
MoreIranian Embassy provides accommodation for imam from controversial mosque
The head of the controversial Imam Ali Mosque in Copenhagen’s Nordvest district resides in a house owned by the Iranian Embassy. The Imam, Sayed Mohammed Mehdi Khademi, confirmed the Berlingske report but declined…
MorePM welcomes EU shift in migration policy
Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen has welcomed the EU’s shift in migration policy towards a focus on strengthening external borders and increasing deportations. Ahead of the EU summit on migration that got underway in…
MoreGovernment supports Poland’s hard-line migration proposal
Denmark will support Poland’s plans to temporarily suspend the right to asylum, part of Polish President Donald Tusk’s new strategy to combat irregular migration. Ahead of a major summit in Brussels today, Minister…
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