Tag: Morocco

  • Smuggling Sweden – Marble slabs from Morocco |  part 4/6

    Smuggling Sweden – Marble slabs from Morocco | part 4/6

    In November 2020, customs in the Port of Gothenburg will receive an inspection mission. They are to investigate a shipment from Casablanca. Three containers of marble slabs are passed through and finally the customs find vacuum-packed hash in what looks like marble slabs. In total, it is 1.2 tonnes and it will be the largest […]

  • Smuggelsverige – Drug wholesaler in Marbella |  part 3/6

    Smuggelsverige – Drug wholesaler in Marbella | part 3/6

    From Marbella in Spain, Gothenburg citizen Micke runs a drug network. Tons of drugs arrive in Spain via freighters from South America and in fast speedboats from Morocco. With the help of a truck driver who has an animal transport company, the drugs are taken to Sweden. Customs believe that upwards of 150 tons of […]

  • Sweden’s Prime Minister condemns Koran burning

    Sweden’s Prime Minister condemns Koran burning

    Stockholm – Sweden’s prime minister has condemned this weekend’s burning of a Koran in Stockholm as “deeply disrespectful”, raising tensions with Turkey as the Nordic country courts Ankara over its NATO bid. Far-right politician Rasmus Paludan set fire to a copy of the Muslim holy book in front of the Turkish embassy in the Swedish […]

  • Iran Handball wins over S. Korea in friendly match

    Iran Handball wins over S. Korea in friendly match

    TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Iran’s handball team defeated Asian heavyweight South Korea 32-30 in a friendly on Sunday night. – Sports News – Iran had earlier lost to Poland (32-27) and Belgium (35-31) in the 4 Nations Cup in Krakow, Poland and went past Morocco 29-28. Team Melli played four warm-up matches as part of preparations […]

  • Iran edge Morocco in Poland’s handball tournament

    Iran edge Morocco in Poland’s handball tournament

    TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Iran’s handball team edged past Morocco 29-28 at the 4 Nations Cup in Krakow, Poland on Friday night. – Sports News – Iran had previously lost to Poland (32-27) and Belgium (35-31) in the tournament. Veselin Vujovic’s team will also play a friendly with South Korea on January 8. Team Melli is […]

  • Iran loses to Belgium in Poland handball tournament

    Iran loses to Belgium in Poland handball tournament

    TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Iran’s handball team was defeated by Belgium 35-31 at the 4 Nations Cup in Krakow, Poland on Thursday evening. – Sports News – Iran, who had lost to Poland 32-27 in their first match, face Morocco on Friday. Veselin Vujovic’s team will also play a friendly with South Korea on January 8. […]

  • Poland’s handball team beats Iran at the 4 Nations Cup

    Poland’s handball team beats Iran at the 4 Nations Cup

    TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Poland’s handball team defeated Iran 32-27 at the 4 Nations Cup in Krakow, Poland on Wednesday night. – Sports News – Iran play Belgium and Morocco on Thursday and Friday respectively. Veselin Vujovic’s team will also play a friendly with South Korea on January 8. Team Melli is competing in the tournament […]

  • Iran’s handball team competes in the 4 Nations Cup

    Iran’s handball team competes in the 4 Nations Cup

    TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Iran’s national handball team will participate in the 4 Nations Cup in Krakow, Poland. – Sports News – Team Melli will compete in the tournament as part of preparations for the 2023 IHF World Men’s Championship, which will be held in Poland and Sweden from January 11-29. Iran face Poland on January […]

  • Yearender: Top 10 World Sports News Events 2022

    BEIJING, Dec. 28 (Xinhua) — Here is Xinhua News Agency’s selection of the 10 most significant pieces of international sports news in 2022, in chronological order: – Beijing successfully hosted the Olympic Winter Games from 4 to 20 February and the Paralympic Winter Games from 4 to 13 March. Chinese President Xi Jinping attended the […]

  • Moroccan fans shocked by racist comments on Danish TV

    Moroccan fans shocked by racist comments on Danish TV

    The 2022 World Cup is over, but the dispute continues, only not in Qatar, but also in Denmark. Monkey comparison on TV2During the TV2 program ‘NEWS & Co’ presented by Søren Lippert, journalist Christian Høgh Andersen compared images of Moroccan players celebrating their victory to a “family of monkeys”. “Following on from the talk about […]

  • Right now: Follow the bronze medal match in the World Cup

    Right now: Follow the bronze medal match in the World Cup

    16.00 FootballMen’s WCBronze match Croatia-Morocco (Christian Olsson and Johan Elmander) Hosts: Bengt Skött and Samuel Sillén

  • Right now: World Cup semi-final between France and Morocco

    Right now: World Cup semi-final between France and Morocco

    20.00 FootballWC semi-final menFrance-Morocco (Christian Olsson and Johan Elmander) Program managers: Alexander Lundholm and Selma Jennervall

  • Sport Round-Up: Jonas Vingegaard’s Tour de France bike at auction

    Sport Round-Up: Jonas Vingegaard’s Tour de France bike at auction

    The bike, ridden by Tour de France winner Jonas Vingegaard, has been put up for auction by its Dutch employer, Team Jumbo-Visma. Between now and Monday, bids are welcome on Catawiki’s online marketplace, where 18 bikes, played an important role in the 2022 season for the Dutch cycling team will be presented. “This bike was […]

  • Will Canada have a better chance at the next World Cup?

    Qatar 2022 was a momentous occasion for the Canadian soccer team, as it marked their second ever appearance in the ultimate tournament. The second occasion was in 1986, so it was also the first time many fans got to see them on the world stage. Despite the early exit from the Winter World Cup, there […]

  • Right now: Morocco and Portugal are playing in the World Cup quarter-finals

    Right now: Morocco and Portugal are playing in the World Cup quarter-finals

    FootballWorld Cup quarter-finals men16.00 Morocco-Portugal (Susanna Andrén and Jon Persson)20.00 England-France (Christian Olsson and Johan Elmander) Program managers: Linn Nenzén, Gustav Jakobsson, Peter Ahnberg and William Waldetoft

  • The risk of depression is high as Europe and its neighbors grapple with a cost-of-living crisis

    The risk of depression is high as Europe and its neighbors grapple with a cost-of-living crisis

    New information sheet on Living, working and COVID-19 in the European Union and 10 EU neighboring countries presents a range of results from Eurofound’s fifth round of e-surveys, which for the first time spanned 10 neighboring countries. The spring 2022 survey, which covered EU member states as well as Albania, Kosovo*, North Macedonia, Georgia, Moldova, […]

  • Right now: Morocco is chasing a bang against Spain

    Right now: Morocco is chasing a bang against Spain

    16.00-18.00 approx FootballMen’s World Cup Round of 1616.00 Morocco-Spain (Christian Olsson and Johan Elmander) Program manager: Johan Bengts

  • Right now: Follow the decider between Croatia and Belgium

    Right now: Follow the decider between Croatia and Belgium

    16.00-18.00 in P4 FootballWC men’s group stage16.00 Croatia-Belgium (Christian Olsson and Johan Elmander)16.00 Canada-Morocco (Jonas Enarson) Program manager: Alexander Lundholm

  • Danish News Round-Up: Historic increase in economic inequality

    Danish News Round-Up: Historic increase in economic inequality

    The gap between rich and poor has never been greater in Denmark – or at least it was the case last year, when the economy boomed, reports Denmark’s statistics. The results are based on the increase in the Gini coefficient – a measure of income inequality in a country. In a country where everyone is […]

  • Right now: World Cup soccer

    Right now: World Cup soccer

    Sunday 27 November 14.00-22.00 approx SkisVC premiere – Ruka12.00 20 kilometer freestyle pursuit start ladies (Dag Malmqvist, Torgny Mogren and Selma Jennervall)13.30 20 kilometer freestyle pursuit start men (Dag Malmqvist, Torgny Mogren and Selma Jennervall) FootballWC men’s group stage14.00 Belgium-Morocco (Andreas Matz and Jon Persson)17.00 Croatia-Canada (Christian Olsson)20.00 Spain-Germany (Susanna Andrén and Johan Elmander) FootballQualification […]

  • Right now: Canada shocks Croatia

    Right now: Canada shocks Croatia

    Sunday 27 November 14.00-22.00 approx SkisVC premiere – Ruka12.00 20 kilometer freestyle pursuit start ladies (Dag Malmqvist, Torgny Mogren and Selma Jennervall)13.30 20 kilometer freestyle pursuit start men (Dag Malmqvist, Torgny Mogren and Selma Jennervall) FootballWC men’s group stage14.00 Belgium-Morocco (Andreas Matz and Jon Persson)17.00 Croatia-Canada (Christian Olsson)20.00 Spain-Germany (Susanna Andrén and Johan Elmander) FootballQualification […]

  • Right now: Belgium vs Morocco

    Right now: Belgium vs Morocco

    Sunday 27 November 14.00-22.00 approx SkisVC premiere – Ruka12.00 20 kilometer freestyle pursuit start ladies (Dag Malmqvist, Torgny Mogren and Selma Jennervall)13.30 20 kilometer freestyle pursuit start men (Dag Malmqvist, Torgny Mogren and Selma Jennervall) FootballWC men’s group stage14.00 Belgium-Morocco (Andreas Matz and Jon Persson)17.00 Croatia-Canada (Christian Olsson)20.00 Spain-Germany (Susanna Andrén and Johan Elmander) FootballQualification […]

  • Los Suecos – and the murderous Swedes on the Spanish sun coast

    Los Suecos – and the murderous Swedes on the Spanish sun coast

    With nine shots, a Spanish drug lord is shot to death in a car. The family sits in the back seat. The execution is just the beginning of a bloody summer. Several Swedes turn out to be behind many of the acts of violence that take place along the Spanish sun coast in 2018. One […]

  • Hope girls play freely now that they have nothing to lose: India Under-17 head coach Thomas Dennerby

    Hope girls play freely now that they have nothing to lose: India Under-17 head coach Thomas Dennerby

    Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India]October 16 (ANI): India U17 head coach Thomas Dennerby wants his team to play freely now that they have nothing to lose in the FIFA U17 Women’s World Cup following their early group stage exit from the tournament. India U-17 will face Brazil in their final Group A match of the FIFA U-17 […]

  • We have to fight against Morocco, says India’s coach Thomas Dennerby

    We have to fight against Morocco, says India’s coach Thomas Dennerby

    Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India]October 13 (ANI): Thomas Dennerby’s India put the disappointment of defeat against USA in the opening match behind them. Thomas Dennerby’s India will now look forward to earning their first FIFA U17 Women’s World Cup point when they take on Morocco in Group A on Friday, October 14, 2022. “We have a good […]

  • We’ll fight it: India U-17 head coach ahead of 2022 Women’s World Cup

    We’ll fight it: India U-17 head coach ahead of 2022 Women’s World Cup

    Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India]October 8 (ANI): Indian U-17 national team head coach Thomas Dennerby is confident that his wards will bring out their best in the upcoming FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup 2022 starting on October 11, 2022. “We are fully focused and hopeful that good performances will lead to points. We want to be in […]

  • American prisoners begged for death on brutal journey from Ukraine

    American prisoners begged for death on brutal journey from Ukraine

    TUSCALOOSA, Alabama – Even after three months of captivity that included threats of execution, physical torture, solitary confinement and food deprivation, it was the journey to freedom that nearly broke Alex Drueke, a U.S. military veteran who was released last week along with nine other prisoners who went to help Ukraine fight Russian invaders. His […]

  • European vegetable growers warn of shortages amid energy crisis

    European vegetable growers warn of shortages amid energy crisis

    PARIS, France: Across northern and western Europe, vegetable producers are considering not planting crops because of the economic impact of Europe’s energy crisis, which threatens food security. Crops grown throughout the winter in heated greenhouses, such as tomatoes, peppers and cucumbers, will be affected by rising energy and gas prices, as will those stored in […]

  • A growing number of victims of abuse turned to the system for helping victims of human trafficking

    A growing number of victims of abuse turned to the system for helping victims of human trafficking

    This information is included the latest semi-annual report about the system for helping victims of human trafficking. “Non-governmental organizations in particular identify people who have become victims of human trafficking in Finland,” says Terhi Tafarisenior adviser of the system for helping victims of human trafficking. Some of the new customers, 63 adults and three minors, […]

  • The world does not share the West’s negative view of the Russia survey

    Western countries are more likely to have a bad attitude towards Russia, according to a global survey Negative views about Russia are mainly limited to US-allied Western states, a new global survey conducted by a NATO-linked lobby group has shown. At the same time, the so-called Alliance of Democracies Foundation discovered that Asian countries maintain […]

  • Negative view of Russia limited to survey in some states

    Negative view of Russia limited to survey in some states

    Western liberal democracies are more likely to have a negative attitude towards Russia, according to a global survey Negative views on Russia are mainly limited to Western liberal democracies, a new global survey by the Alliance of Democracies Foundation has found. At the same time, Asian countries maintain strong support for Russia, while Latin American […]

  • Nations learn Qatar World Cup fate

    Nations learn Qatar World Cup fate

    The draw for the 2022 FIFA World Cup has revealed the groups for the countries that will compete in Qatar The draw for the 2022 World Cup has created a number of exciting group stage competitions, including a clash between the United States and Iran, while the European giants Spain and Germany have ended up […]

  • Mbappe hangs on when France beat South Africa

    Mbappe hangs on when France beat South Africa

    Kylian Mbappe struck twice when France crushed South Africa 5-0 on Tuesday night to register their second victory in the international break. Mbappe, who missed Friday night’s 2-1 victory over Ivory Coast due to an ear infection, made his debut in the 23rd minute at Stade Pierre Mauroy in Lille. The Paris Saint-Germain striker screwed […]

  • The Ministry for Foreign Affairs exposes cyber espionage campaign against Finnish diplomats

    The Ministry for Foreign Affairs exposes cyber espionage campaign against Finnish diplomats

    Spyware programs can gain administrator privileges on an infected device and, in theory, collect and send all information to an attacker. Matti ParviainenThe Director of Information Security at the Ministry for Foreign Affairs told Helsingin Sanomat that the researchers have been able to assess when spyware has been actively used, but did not comment further. […]

  • Copenhagen still has the cheapest international tuition fees in Europe

    Copenhagen still has the cheapest international tuition fees in Europe

    Foreign families have many reasons to be wary of moving to Copenhagen to start a new life. There is the weather, the high taxes and the Danes’ seemingly unfriendly nature. But along with the commendable balance between life and work and high safety levels comes an undeniable asset for families with children. Thanks to generous […]

  • A line of student racism sparks a colonial board game discussion

    A line of student racism sparks a colonial board game discussion

    A popular Finnish board game star of Africa, or the African star, has been at the center of a lively social media debate in recent days. The discussion began when several first-year geography students at the University of Helsinki dressed as African star figures to participate in a game-themed event organized by the students. A […]

  • Solar Water Solutions receives funding from Nefco to improve the efficiency of solar water treatment in a scarce country

    Solar Water Solutions receives funding from Nefco to improve the efficiency of solar water treatment in a scarce country

    Nefco has provided funding Solar water solutions to accelerate the internationalization of battery-free desalination systems. With its solar-powered water treatment units that convert seawater or polluted water into drinking water, the company is leveraging the fast-growing off-grid zero-emission salt market, which is estimated reach $ 35 billion globally by 2028and enables safe and sustainable water […]

  • Business Round-Up: Bestseller rewards employees with double pay in November

    Business Round-Up: Bestseller rewards employees with double pay in November

    The Danish clothing giant Bestseller has distributed mass bonuses to all its employees: equivalent to a whole extra monthly salary together with their usual November salary slip. Why the early Christmas present? After a turbulent year with the closures of COVID-19, the company wants to recognize the employees’ “great team effort” during the pandemic adversity. […]

  • The former Oulu politician was convicted of ethnic incitement for the third time

    The former Oulu politician was convicted of ethnic incitement for the third time

    Former city councilor Junes Lokka has been convicted of inciting a number of people in his speech to the Oulu City Council in February 2020. According to the prosecutor, his speech publicly threatened asylum seekers and immigrants. Lokka submitted a proposal to the Oulu City Council both in writing and orally, in which he suggested […]

  • Three IS mothers and 14 children are on their way from Syria to Denmark

    Three IS mothers and 14 children are on their way from Syria to Denmark

    14 children and their total of three Danish mothers, who have stayed in a prison camp in Syria, are on their way to Denmark. This is confirmed by lawyer Knud Foldschack, who is the party representative for two of the three women who come home. – They are in a plane on their way to […]

  • Kofod about five Syrian children: The responsibility lies with the mothers

    This is what Foreign Minister Jeppe Kofod (S) said on Tuesday during a consultation in the Parliament’s Foreign Affairs Committee. “Unfortunately, there are no ideal solutions to the tragic situation these women have put their children in,” he says. In the spring, the government decided – after previously being opposed – to evacuate three mothers […]

  • International Round-Up: Repatriation of IS women from Syria attracts criticism

    International Round-Up: Repatriation of IS women from Syria attracts criticism

    “Tried as soon as they set foot on Danish soil” Immigration Minister Mattias Tesfaye said the case was currently on fire have some special circumstances and that the PET Intelligence Agency has evaluated security risks and greenlighted repatriation. In May 2021, the government announced the repatriation of three Danish-Syrian women and 19 children detained in […]

  • Science Round-Up: Time to take carnivorous disease seriously, the Danish health authority acknowledges

    Science Round-Up: Time to take carnivorous disease seriously, the Danish health authority acknowledges

    The first appearance of necrotizing fasciitis on Danish television, via the documentary ‘the code-eating bacteria’, created great awareness of a disease whose symptoms are often overlooked. The documentary contained many examples where patients with the carnivorous disease, which is transmitted through a carnivorous bacterium, were rejected by doctors. The disease can be fatal if left […]

  • More than 100,000 vaccine doses from Denmark have arrived in Morocco

    On Sunday, Morocco received 115,000 vaccine doses from Denmark through the international vaccine collaboration Covax. This is stated by Minister for Development Aid Flemming Møller Mortensen (S) on Twitter. Back in July, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced that Denmark was sending a total of one million AstraZeneca vaccines to North Africa. The Covax collaboration […]

  • The water crisis could lead to conflicts in the Middle East

    The water crisis could lead to conflicts in the Middle East

    Several rivers in the Middle East have already lost nearly half of their annual flow over the past fifty years. During the same period, the surface area of ​​several lakes has decreased significantly. An example of this is Lake Urmia in Iran, which has halved in size – from 5,400 square kilometers in the 1990s […]

  • Sustainable development through mother tongue and multilingualism

    Sustainable development through mother tongue and multilingualism

    Mother tongue is the language of the heart, and we can express ourselves in this language unlike any other, because this is how our deepest contemplation takes place. It is a language of prayer, grace, and forgiveness. It is the language of friendship and love. It’s because of the mother’s perception that we are raising […]

  • Spain’s little-known Viking history is being uncovered

    Spain’s little-known Viking history is being uncovered

    Every year, on the first Sunday in August, the replica of an 11th-century Viking longboat sails up the river Ulla to the town of Catoira in northern Spain. The boat, manned by townsfolk disguised as Viking warriors, stages a ferocious onslaught on the town which is successfully fended off by the other residents in a […]

  • Final medal table at Tokyo Olympic Games on August 8

    TOKYO, Aug. 8 (Xinhua) — Following is the final medal table at the Tokyo Olympic Games which conclude here on Sunday, August 8 (tabulated under delegations, gold, silver, bronze and total medals): United States 39 41 33 113 China 38 32 18 88 Japan 27 14 17 58 Great Britain 22 21 22 65 ROC […]

  • Medal table at Tokyo Olympic Games on August 7

    TOKYO, Aug. 7 (Xinhua) — Following is medal table at the Tokyo Olympic Games after the competitions on Saturday, August 7 (tabulated under delegations, gold, silver, bronze and total medals): China 38 31 18 87 United States 36 39 33 108 Japan 27 12 17 56 ROC 20 26 23 69 Britain 20 21 22 […]

  • Medal table at the Olympic Games in Tokyo on August 6

    TOKYO, August 6 (Xinhua) – Here is the medal table at the Olympics in Tokyo after the competition on Friday, August 6 (tabled under delegations, gold, silver, bronze and total medals): China 36 26 17 79 USA 31 36 31 98 Japan 24 11 16 51 United Kingdom 18 20 20 58 ROC 17 23 […]

  • Medal table at the Olympic Games in Tokyo on 5 August

    TOKYO, August 5 (Xinhua) – The following are medal tables at the Tokyo Olympics after the competitions on Thursday, August 5 (tabled under delegations, gold, silver, bronze and total medals): China 34 24 16 74 USA 29 35 27 91 Japan 22 10 14 46 Australia 17 5 19 41 ROC 16 22 20 58 […]

  • Medal table at the Olympic Games in Tokyo on August 4

    TOKYO, August 4 (Xinhua) – The following is the medal table at the Tokyo Olympics after the competition on Wednesday, August 4 (tabled under delegations, gold, silver, bronze and total medals): China 32 22 16 70 USA 25 31 23 79 Japan 21 7 12 40 United Kingdom 15 18 15 48 Australia 15 4 […]

  • Medal table at the Olympics in Tokyo on August 3

    TOKYO, August 3 (Xinhua) – The following are medal tables at the Tokyo Olympics after the competitions on Tuesday, August 3 (tabled under delegations, gold, silver, bronze and total medals): China 32 21 16 69 USA 24 28 21 73 Japan 19 6 11 36 Australia 14 4 15 33 ROC 13 21 18 52 […]

  • African criticism can challenge Danish asylum plan

    African criticism can challenge Danish asylum plan

    The African Union, Africa’s counterpart to the EU, has issued a particularly harsh press release. In this, the union specifically extends to the law that was passed in the Folketing in June, and which makes it possible to place reception centers for Danish asylum treatment outside the EU. The plans are called “xenophobic” and “completely […]

  • Medal table at the Olympics in Tokyo on August 2

    TOKYO, August 2 (Xinhua) – The following are medal tables at the Tokyo Olympics after the competitions on Monday, August 2 (tabled under delegations, gold, silver, bronze and total medals): China 29 17 16 62 USA 22 25 17 64 Japan 17 6 ​​10 33 Australia 14 4 15 33 ROC 12 21 17 50 […]

  • The large reptile complex in Skåne

    The large reptile complex in Skåne

    The police raid a room in the small community Löberöd in Skåne on March 22, 2018. There you will find almost 900 reptiles. It will be the start of an investigation into illegal reptile trade that has branches all the way from Morocco to China. The trial is now underway against the man who is […]

  • Day trips: Go mountaineering in Denmark

    Day trips: Go mountaineering in Denmark

    But that does not mean you have to do without the great experiences. – You can easily get altitude meters, acid in the legs and fantastic views here at home, says Jacob T. Johansen, who is a Danish mountain enthusiast and founder of the website danskebjerge.dk. He points out that it is a widespread misconception […]

  • Travel to Germany and Italy is no longer discouraged

    Travel to Germany and Italy is no longer discouraged

    It writes the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in its travel guide, which has been updated on Friday afternoon. For the past many years, Germany and Italy have been in the top five of the destinations that Danes travel to the most – often as number two and three, but always surpassed by Spain. Travel to […]

  • New travel guides: Germany and Italy are now fully open

    New travel guides: Germany and Italy are now fully open

    It writes the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in its travel guide, which has been updated on Friday afternoon. For the past many years, Germany and Italy have been in the top five of the destinations that Danes travel to the most – often as number two and three, but always surpassed by Spain. Travel to […]

  • New unrest in Spanish areas in North Africa

    New unrest in Spanish areas in North Africa

    There is a tense situation on the border between Morocco and the Spanish territories in North Africa with new unrest during the night and morning. Migrants have crossed the fence from the Moroccan side into Spanish Melilla. The Moroccan Foreign Minister has stated that the large influx of people to Ceuta this week was due […]

  • Tense location on the border Morocco – Ceuta

    Tense location on the border Morocco – Ceuta

    There is a tense situation at the border between Morocco and the Spanish enclave of Ceuta. More than 8,000 people have crossed the border into Ceuta in recent days. Tonight there has been unrest on the Moroccan side of the border. People clashed with Moroccan border guards. About a hundred young people threw stones and […]

  • Spanish government in crisis meeting after migrant flow

    Spanish government in crisis meeting after migrant flow

    The situation is dramatic in the Spanish enclave of Ceuta in North Africa after 6,000 migrants arrived there yesterday from Morocco. The Spanish army has been deployed on the beach in Ceuta to play a deterrent role. Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez has canceled a trip today and the government is holding a crisis meeting.

  • Migrants swam to Spanish Ceuta

    Migrants swam to Spanish Ceuta

    About 100 migrants have swum from Morocco into the nearby Spanish exclave of Ceuta, reports AFP. They have been taken to a reception center, reports AFP. It was mainly young men, but also women and children who swam to Ceuta, some with the help of inflatable rings or rubber rafts. Also at the end of […]

  • New travel guides open up Spanish holiday islands for Danes

    New travel guides open up Spanish holiday islands for Danes

    This is stated by the ministry in a press release. This is the first actual opening for travel abroad in many months, says Erik Brøgger Rasmussen, director of organization and citizen service at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. – It is the first time since before Christmas that you can now actually go on a […]

  • 6 years in prison for raping wife and abusing four children

    6 years in prison for raping wife and abusing four children

    He is also convicted of raping his wife several times. Both the rapes and the violence took place at addresses in Slagelse, Copenhagen and Korsør in a period from November 2017 to April 2018 and again from November 2019 to the summer of 2020. Senior prosecutor Mia Østergaard from the South Zealand and Lolland-Falster Police […]

  • New list of high-risk countries published by the Ministry of Health

    New list of high-risk countries published by the Ministry of Health

    The Ministry of Health has published a list of countries considered as high-risk areas. This will be used to determine which border operation rules will apply to people arriving from which countries. The list with the rules for crossing the border and restrictions for specific countries is valid from today. As stated on the official […]

  • Accusation: Father raped wife and abused their children

    According to the indictment, the abuse and abuse took place over two periods: from November 2017 to April 2018 and again from November 2019 to July 2020. Senior prosecutor Mia Østergaard from the South Zealand and Lolland-Falster Police says that these are periods when the family has been in Denmark. In the period between April […]

  • Man sentenced to one year in prison for being behind pirate networks

    Danish films such as “Klassefesten 3” and “Alle for tre” were some of the films that have been illegally available on the pirate website danishbits.org, which had approximately 30,000 users. The Copenhagen City Court has now sentenced one of the perpetrators behind the website to one year in prison. Three of the months are made […]

  • Record seizure in the port of Gothenburg: 1.2 tonnes of drugs in marble slabs

    Record seizure in the port of Gothenburg: 1.2 tonnes of drugs in marble slabs

    The largest seizure of cannabis ever made in Sweden – yes, the Swedish Customs in the port of Gothenburg did so in November. In three different containers from Morocco, 1.2 tonnes of cannabis were found. Five people are now being prosecuted at Gothenburg District Court, suspected of, among other things, extremely serious drug smuggling.

  • Rwanda open for Danish reception center for asylum seekers

    Rwanda is now opening the door to be able to receive asylum seekers seeking asylum in Denmark. It writes Jyllands-Posten. Foreign reception centers are part of the government’s asylum policy, but no countries have so far publicly announced that they might be interested in hosting such a center. The newspaper has asked the embassies of […]

  • Suspected culprit in file-sharing network extradited from Morocco

    This is stated by the Public Prosecutor for Special Economic and International Crime (Søik) – in everyday speech Bagmandspolitiet – in a press release. The man came into the police’s binoculars in connection with an investigation into file sharing via the two pirate servers DanishBits and NordicBits. The servers have been described by the police […]

  • 26-year-old gets six years in prison for receiving 1.5 tons of cannabis

    26-year-old gets six years in prison for receiving 1.5 tons of cannabis

    With a sentence of six years’ unconditional imprisonment for a 26-year-old man, a comprehensive case of cannabis smuggling, which the police have dubbed “Operation Houston”, was almost put to an end on Thursday. The Police Special Unit Special Investigation West (SEV) launched “Operation Houston” in the summer of 2017. In March 2018, in collaboration with […]

  • The Illegal Arms Trade and Israel

    The Illegal Arms Trade and Israel

    By Terry Crawford-Browne An Israeli documentary film called The Lab was made in 2013. It was shown in Pretoria and Cape Town, Europe, Australia and the US and won numerous awards, even including at the Tel Aviv International Documentary Film Festival.[i] The thesis of the film is that the Israeli occupation of Gaza and the […]

  • DKK 45 million will ensure fewer migrants on the Balkan route

    DKK 45 million will ensure fewer migrants on the Balkan route

    The projects will strengthen border controls in the countries and ensure that migrants and rejected asylum seekers are sent home on the plane. Thus, the flow of migrants and asylum seekers who apply to Denmark can also be stopped, says Minister of Foreign Affairs and Integration Mattias Tesfaye (S). – We currently have record low […]

  • International Round-Up: Denmark provides support for the world’s worst humanitarian crises

    International Round-Up: Denmark provides support for the world’s worst humanitarian crises

    Christmas is time to give, and since 2004, Denmark has taken this message very seriously. When a violent earthquake caused a tsunami that cost 220,000 lives, Denmark was unfortunately unable to help, after emptying its coffers for the year. Since then, the Tsunami Reserve has been set aside annually to provide relief in the event […]

  • Great mistrust of vaccine in Morocco

    Great mistrust of vaccine in Morocco

    Morocco, which after South Africa was hit hardest by the corona pandemic in Africa, has ordered 65 million doses from two different pharmaceutical companies – Astra Zeneca and Chinese Sinopharm Among the population, there is a distrust of the Chinese vaccine, which has not yet been approved by the Chinese authorities Tunisia has ordered two […]

  • Mansour’s Moroccan death sentence has been commuted to 25 years in prison

    Thus, the decision, which Ekstra Bladet wrote on Wednesday, has now been confirmed by Mansour’s own lawyer. Said Mansour was deported from Denmark by the Supreme Court in 2016 and at the same time had his Danish citizenship revoked. He is known as “The bookseller from Brønshøj” and has been convicted in Denmark for inciting […]

  • Media: Morocco overturns death sentence for Said Mansour

    Ekstra Bladet does not mention any sources for the information. Lawyer Eigil Strand, who has looked after the family’s interests, informs Ritzau that he is not aware of the Court of Appeal’s decision. The trial in Morocco is about Said Mansour allegedly having a role in an attack in the Moroccan city of Casablanca, in […]

  • Forty countries plus ban travel from the UK, some include South Africa

    Forty countries plus ban travel from the UK, some include South Africa

    More than 40 countries have suspended travel from the UK in an attempt to contain a rapidly spreading new strain of coronavirus. Scotland had already closed its border with the rest of Britain. Here are some of the travel bans that have been announced so far. France France has stopped all travel from the UK […]

  • Two men brought home from Morocco after two years of search

    This is stated by the East Jutland Police in a press release on Thursday morning. 41 people have already been convicted in the large case complex and offshoots of the case. In total, there have been convictions in the case of about 120 years in prison. It was an international drug ring that was strung […]

  • Morocco recognizes Israel

    Morocco recognizes Israel

    Morocco and Israel will normalize their relations with each other, thus becoming the fourth Arab country to recognize Israel in the last four months. The agreement, like the previous ones, has been negotiated by the United States and President Donald Trump. In the agreement, the United States will recognize Morocco’s claim to Western Sahara.

  • Movies could be seen illegally before they premiered

    The two servers are described as “two of the great Danish pirate servers” in a press release from the Public Prosecutor for Special Economic and International Crime, the Bagmandspolitiet. The case dates back to 2016. At that time, the police received a notification from the rights holders that their copyright on DanishBits had been infringed, […]

  • Thirty-year ceasefire threatened in Western Sahara

    Thirty-year ceasefire threatened in Western Sahara

    Morocco has entered the Guerguerat buffer zone next to Mauritania, which is being monitored by a UN peacekeeping force. Polisario, which wants to see an independent Western Sahara, calls the action a “flagrant violation” of the terms of the ceasefire – which was concluded in 1991 – and threatens war Western Sahara was occupied by […]

  • Record number of migrants to the Canary Islands

    Record number of migrants to the Canary Islands

    Over forty boats with around 2,000 African migrants have arrived in the Canary Islands over the weekend in just 48 hours. This is more than ever so far in such a short time and the authorities are worried about how they will be able to handle the situation, reports our migration correspondent Alice Petrén from […]

  • Morocco confirms death sentence on Said Mansour

    Earlier, it was reported in the Moroccan media that Said Mansour had been sentenced to death, among other things, due to an attack in the Moroccan city of Casablanca, which in 2003 killed 45 people. – The Moroccan authorities have confirmed to Denmark that Said Mansour has been sentenced to death in Morocco. We can […]

  • Ronaldo is denied as Portugal held by Spain

    Ronaldo is denied as Portugal held by Spain

    Cristiano Ronaldo hit the crossbar as Portugal and Spain played a goalless draw in a convincing friendly match in Lisbon on Wednesday. Ronaldo and Renato Sanchez both beat the woodwork for Portugal, who then should have won it on the injuries only for Joao Felix to miss on the back post. Spain was the better […]

  • Israel wins support among Arab countries: “Self-image changes”

    Israel wins support among Arab countries: “Self-image changes”

    Today, a historic ceremony is held in the White House where Israel signs peace agreements with no less than two Arab Gulf states. Palestinian leaders have called the agreements treasonous and young Arab activists claim there is a lack of popular support for peace with Israel, but for Israel it is a dream come true. […]

  • The EU proposes new migration agreements with North Africa

    The EU proposes new migration agreements with North Africa

    There are several signals that the EU wants to reach new agreements with countries in North Africa to deal with the influx of refugees and migrants. On 30 September, EU Commissioner Ylva Johansson will present her proposal for a new migration policy for Europe. But already now several are talking about agreements with external countries […]

  • The government creates migration ambassador

    The government creates migration ambassador

    The government creates a new ambassadorial post and task force to work to create reception centers for immigrants outside the EU. It writes the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. – A migration ambassador can help open doors for Denmark’s proposal for a new approach, where we stop the migrant pressure on Europe and ensure that real […]

  • Migration is increasing across the Atlantic

    Migration is increasing across the Atlantic

    The number of migrants traveling from North and West Africa to the Canary Islands via the Atlantic has increased sharply this year. But the unpredictable weather and the long distances make this road to Europe very dangerous and many drown. “The ongoing corona pandemic, closed land borders and tougher border surveillance have made smugglers see […]