Extreme-Right politics in Denmark
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Support for DPP increases with cartoon affair
A poll by Megafon for broadcaster TV2 found that support for the Danish People's Party (DPP) grew by 4.
6 February 2006 (217 words)
Rise in immigrant homeless
In five years, the number of immigrants in Copenhagen's homeless shelters has increased from five to fifty per cent.
12 October 2004 (83 words)
DFP's call to arms against 'Islamism'
Addressing the People's Party national caucus, Pia Kjaersgaard its leader, accused the government of turning a blind eye to fanatical Islamic groups operating in Copenhagen.
20 September 2004 (158 words)
One third of the homeless are immigrant
One in three residents in Copenhagen's homeless shelters is an immigrant or refugee, according to a new study by Copenhagen Council.
6 September 2004 (51 words)
DFP bargains for more deportations
In August, the Danish People's Party (DFP) told the government it would not support the annual budget bill and would withdraw its backing for troops in Iraq unless there was a programme to speed up the repatriation of failed Iraqi asylum seekers.
1 September 2004 (166 words)
Immigrants living in ghetto areas
A government committee has been set up to investigate the problem of ghettoisation as more and more immigrants live in institutional housing projects.
1 September 2004 (95 words)
Union backs tougher refugee policy
A poll of members of SiD (the General Workers' Union) has revealed a majority in favour of a tougher refugee policy.
23 August 2004 (108 words)
Haarder fights it out with the DPP
On integration minister Bertel Haarder being handed a broader cabinet role, to include development, the DFP saw it as a chance to pressure the government to accelerate the return of asylum seekers and to link immigration policy to Third World Aid.
3 August 2004 (140 words)
European parliament: DPP holds onto single seat
The Danish Peoples' Party (DPP) held onto its single seat in the European parliament elections.
14 June 2004 (82 words)
Far-right radio station requests double airtime
Radio Oasen, a far-right station that regularly broadcasts Nazi ideology, has applied for an extension in licensed air time from sixty-one to one-hundred-and-twenty hours per week.
1 June 2004 (113 words)
DPP shapes immigration and asylum agenda
The Danish Peoples Party once again boasts that it is fashioning the government's immigration policy.
1 March 2004 (286 words)
PM stresses shared values as part of re-election bid
Anders Fogh Rasmussen has outlined his strategy for re-election at the Liberal Party caucus in November by stressing greater economic freedom and unifying Danish values such as freedom of speech and sharp delineation between religion and politics.
23 January 2004 (73 words)
Nazi radio station threatens court case
Radio Oasis, based in greater Copenhagen, is threatening to take the government to court if it loses its state subsidy.
1 January 2004 (110 words)
Race laws seldom used against politicians
The Documentation and Advisory Centre on Race Discrimination (DRC) claims that prosecutors often dismiss violations of the country's anti-racism paragraph, 266b, when the violations are attributed to politicians.
11 December 2003 (248 words)
Racism in broadcasting - action needed
Copenhagen station censured
20 November 2003 (198 words)
Hizb-ut-Tahrir may be banned
The government will ban Hizb-ut-Tahrir following the conviction of its leader Fadi Ahmad Abdel Latif, on charges of incitement to racial hatred.
8 November 2003 (51 words)
Arhus university lecturer urges selective breeding programme
Helmuth Nyborg, a professor of psychology at Arhus university is seriously advocating that the time has come to 'abandon the politically correct' ideas and practice selection so as to 'improve future generations and avoid degeneration of the population'.
29 September 2003 (92 words)
Danish People's Party: more influence, more controversy
Many political commentators now believe that the conservative/liberal coalition which governs Denmark is taking on the views of its junior coalition partner, the Danish People's Party (DPP).
10 July 2003 (723 words)
New anti-immigration ministry launched
At the end of November, the government announced the creation of a new ministry of immigration and integration, headed by former education minister Bertel Haarder.
1 January 2002 (274 words)
Issues in the November general election
The Danish People's Party (DPP), led by the 'iron lady' Pia Kjaersgaard, made sweeping gains in the November 2001 general election, emerging as the third largest party in the country.
1 January 2002 (942 words)
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