Danish Prime Minister discusses tough times in new year speech
Denmark’s Prime Minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt asked the nation to be prepared for tougher times in her New Year speech at the weekend.
Iraqi ‘torture victims’ to sue Denmark
A group of Iraqi civilians are to sue the Danish Army for damages, after new evidence suggests that they were handed over to Iraqi forces following th...
Rich families try to nab Xmas aid
Charities donating goods to poor Danish families this Christmas say they have rejected thousands of bogus applications from well-off households.
Life for Amager Attacker
The ‘Amager Attacker’ has been sentenced to life in jail for a series of murders and rapes spanning 23 years.
Wee women saved from final flush
Copenhagen’s historic staffed public toilets have been saved from the pan thanks to a campaign by their attendants, lovingly dubbed ‘tissekoner’, or ‘...
Brønderslev child abuser sentence reduced
The father in the notorious Brønderslev child abuse case in Denmark has had his jail sentence reduced from ‘indefinite’ to 11 years, while his wife’s ...
Amager Attacker found guilty
Marcel Lychau Hansen, the so-called ‘Amager Attacker’, has been found guilty on all-but-one of the counts against him, making him modern Denmark’s wor...
Survivor testifies against ‘Amager Attacker’
A woman who was dragged into bushes and nearly strangled to death with her own belt has testified against the so-called ‘Amager Attacker’ ...