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In aftermath of assassination plot, Denmark calls for new sanctions on Iran
02.11.2018
In the aftermath of an Iranian assassination attempt against an Iranian-Arab opposition figure on Danish soil, Denmark has called back its ambassador and called for new E.U. sanctions against Tehran.
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.
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Manfred Gerstenfeld14.10.2018
Danish BDS-supporting bank behind vast money-laundering scheme
Denmark’s largest bank, Danske Bank, has admitted that its Estonian banking subsidiary has been involved in what is probably the largest dirty money-laundering scandal in Europe’s history.
Manfred Gerstenfeld (Credit: BESA Center)
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Ben Cohen06.07.2018
Denmark confronts Islamism and integration
For much of this decade, Jewish residents in the country have endured anti-Semitic attacks and abuse wildly out of proportion to their numbers. Most of that hostility comes from the Muslim community.
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Danish lawmakers set to deliberate circumcision ban
01.06.2018
The petition, citing U.N. Convention on the Rights of the Child, calls for a six-year prison sentence for those carrying out circumcisions on boys under the age of 18 unless there is a medical reason, reported AFP.
The floor of the Folketing, or Danish Parliament, at the Christiansborg Palace. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.
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