https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Denmark in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed Denmark's former intelligence chief Jakob Scharf was sentenced on Friday to four months in prison for having betrayed professional secrets in his memoir. https://www.thelocal.dk/20190126/danish-ex-spy-boss-sentenced-for-revealing-secrets Sat, 26 Jan 2019 10:03:29 +0100 danish-ex-spy-boss-sentenced-for-revealing-secrets The EU hit Iran's intelligence services with sanctions Tuesday after accusing Tehran of being behind plots to assassinate regime opponents on Dutch, Danish and French soil. https://www.thelocal.dk/20190109/denmark-backs-eu-over-iran-sanctions-after-murder-plots Wed, 09 Jan 2019 11:24:49 +0100 denmark-backs-eu-over-iran-sanctions-after-murder-plots Denmark said Tuesday its ambassador would return to Iran this week, three weeks after he was recalled over Copenhagen's assertion that Tehran tried to kill three Iranian dissidents on Danish soil. https://www.thelocal.dk/20181121/danish-envoy-returns-to-iran-after-foiled-assassination-plot Wed, 21 Nov 2018 10:41:18 +0100 danish-envoy-returns-to-iran-after-foiled-assassination-plot EU foreign ministers on Monday agreed to examine possible sanctions against Iran over two foiled attacks in Europe blamed on Iranian intelligence, as demands grow for tough action against Tehran. https://www.thelocal.dk/20181120/eu-to-consider-sanctions-on-iran-for-failed-attack-plots-in-france-denmark Tue, 20 Nov 2018 10:59:34 +0100 eu-to-consider-sanctions-on-iran-for-failed-attack-plots-in-france-denmark Three members of an Iranian separatist group that Tehran blames for a deadly attack in Iran and who were targeted by a foiled assassination plot in Denmark have been arrested, Danish police said Wednesday. https://www.thelocal.dk/20181107/trio-arrested-in-denmark-for-praising-iran-parade-attack Wed, 07 Nov 2018 14:22:35 +0100 trio-arrested-in-denmark-for-praising-iran-parade-attack Armed police, a helicopter and a drone were sent to a small town on the island of Funen in September by a stray satellite navigation signal. https://www.thelocal.dk/20181106/faulty-sat-nav-caused-major-police-operation-in-danish-village Tue, 06 Nov 2018 11:57:02 +0100 faulty-sat-nav-caused-major-police-operation-in-danish-village Denmark on Tuesday recalled its ambassador to Iran after it accused Tehran of plotting a foiled 'attack' against three Iranians living in the Scandinavian country. https://www.thelocal.dk/20181030/denmark-recalls-ambassador-to-iran-over-foiled-attack Tue, 30 Oct 2018 21:44:28 +0100 denmark-recalls-ambassador-to-iran-over-foiled-attack UPDATED: An Iranian intelligence agency planned to carry out an assassination in Denmark, the Danish Security and Intelligence Service (PET) said on Tuesday. https://www.thelocal.dk/20181030/iran-attempted-assassination-in-denmark-pet Tue, 30 Oct 2018 15:20:15 +0100 iran-attempted-assassination-in-denmark-pet Denmark’s police security service PET transferred an unknown amount of data to a secret database despite a law requiring its deletion, according to a report. https://www.thelocal.dk/20180403/danish-police-security-held-kept-deleted-data-in-secret-archive-report Tue, 03 Apr 2018 12:11:56 +0200 danish-police-security-held-kept-deleted-data-in-secret-archive-report A new terror assessment report from the Danish Security and Intelligence Service (PET) warns that fake news and misinformation online could spur mentally unstable individuals to carry out violent attacks. https://www.thelocal.dk/20170208/danish-security-agency-warns-that-fake-news-can-spur-terror-attacks Wed, 08 Feb 2017 11:11:22 +0100 danish-security-agency-warns-that-fake-news-can-spur-terror-attacks The Danish Security and Intelligence Service (PET) reported its former director Jakob Scharf to the police on Tuesday for violating a confidentially agreement. https://www.thelocal.dk/20161011/danish-security-agency-reports-former-director-to-police Tue, 11 Oct 2016 16:28:15 +0200 danish-security-agency-reports-former-director-to-police A Danish newspaper said Sunday it would defy a court ban and publish excerpts of a book about the country's former intelligence chief to protest censorship. https://www.thelocal.dk/20161009/danish-paper-to-defy-court-ban-on-spy-memoirs Sun, 09 Oct 2016 15:36:42 +0200 danish-paper-to-defy-court-ban-on-spy-memoirs The Danish Security and Intelligence Service (PET) has been granted an injunction to block the release of a book about its former director. https://www.thelocal.dk/20161007/danish-intelligence-agency-blocks-book-on-former-director Fri, 07 Oct 2016 16:14:40 +0200 danish-intelligence-agency-blocks-book-on-former-director A package likely containing cocaine was found washed up on a beach on the Danish island of Fanø by a pet dog on Monday. Local police have dismissed suggestions of drug smuggling routes through the North Sea island. https://www.thelocal.dk/20151230/pet-dog-makes-class-a-drug-find-on-west-denmark-beach Wed, 30 Dec 2015 09:49:46 +0100 pet-dog-makes-class-a-drug-find-on-west-denmark-beach At least 125 Danish citizens have left the country to fight abroad and those who have returned could carry out attacks, the Danish Security and Intelligence Service (PET) said on Friday. https://www.thelocal.dk/20151023/at-least-27-danish-jihadists-have-died-in-syria-or-iraq Fri, 23 Oct 2015 14:49:28 +0200 at-least-27-danish-jihadists-have-died-in-syria-or-iraq The Danish Security and Intelligence Service (PET) has said that there is little risk that terrorists are among the refugees and migrants currently entering Denmark. https://www.thelocal.dk/20150923/danish-intelligence-terrorists-are-not-among-refugees Wed, 23 Sep 2015 10:45:44 +0200 danish-intelligence-terrorists-are-not-among-refugees UPDATED: Ahead of the release of a report on authorities' reactions to the February shootings in Copenhagen, the Justice Ministry announced that Jens Madsen will no longer lead PET. https://www.thelocal.dk/20150506/danish-security-agency-head-steps-down Wed, 06 May 2015 23:22:44 +0200 danish-security-agency-head-steps-down Denmark spent 213 million Danish kroner fighting against terror group Isis during a four-month period ending in February this year, according to Ritzau. https://www.thelocal.dk/20150330/denmarks-war-bill-on-isis-adds-up Mon, 30 Mar 2015 17:24:13 +0200 denmarks-war-bill-on-isis-adds-up Denmark’s police and security services have refused to disclose whether they are using fake mobile base stations to intercept and record phone calls, leading IT security specialists to suspect them of already operating the devices. https://www.thelocal.dk/20150126/danish-police-accused-of-using-fake-base-stations Mon, 26 Jan 2015 13:31:00 +0100 danish-police-accused-of-using-fake-base-stations