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Greenland, Faroe Islands tricky models

Copenhagen - Muslimchronicle

Sacked Catalan president Carles Puigdemont, in Copenhagen to muster international support for an independent Catalonia, has cited Denmark's autonomous territories Greenland and the Faroe Islands as models for a peaceful bid for independence. But the model may be difficult to export, experts say. "It's not easy I know but you're proof that it's possible," Puigdemont said Monday during a seminar onRead more

Puigdemont accuses EU of not defending rights in Catalonia

Copenhagen - Muslimchronicle

Catalonia's sacked president Carles Puigdemont on Monday, January 22, repeated accusations that the European Union is failing to defend fundamental rights in the wealthy Spanish region. During his first foreign visit since leaving Spain to live in voluntary exile in Brussels on 30 October, Puigdemont told students at the University of Copenhagen the EU showed "failures" in the face of crisesRead more

Puigdemont candidate for Catalan president

Copenhagen - Muslimchronicle

Catalonia's sacked president Carles Puigdemont on Monday repeated accusations that the European Union is failing to defend fundamental rights in the wealthy Spanish region. During his first foreign visit since leaving Spain to live in voluntary exile in Brussels on 30 October, Puigdemont told students at the University of Copenhagen the EU showed "failures" in the face of crises bothRead more

Sacked Catalan leader vows to form new government despite Spain 'threats'

Copenhagen - Muslimchronicle

Ousted Catalan leader Carles Puigdemont on Monday vowed to form a new government despite "threats" from the central government in Madrid, after a Spanish judge refused to re-issue a European warrant for his arrest. Speaking at a debate on Catalonia at the University of Copenhagen, Puigdemont said: "We will not surrender to authoritarianism despite Madrid's threats." "Soon we will formRead more

Danish inventor Peter Madsen charged

Copenhagen - Muslimchronicle

Inventor Peter Madsen was charged Tuesday with killing Swedish journalist Kim Wall during a trip on his private submarine, with prosecutors saying he either cut her throat or strangled her before dismembering her body and dumping it into the sea. Prosecutor Jakob Buch-Jepsen called the case "very unusual and extremely disturbing." Madsen, 47, is charged with murder, dismemberment and indecent handling of a corpseRead more

'World's most expensive vodka' bottle stolen

Copenhagen - Muslimchronicle

Copenhagen police are investigating the theft of a bottle of vodka that is claimed to be the world's most expensive at $1.3 million. Police investigator Knud Hvass says it is too early to say whether the perpetrator of the theft at the Cafe 33 bar had broken in or had used a key. Nothing else was stolen. Hvass saidRead more

First Ryanair strike sees delays, but no cancellations

Frankfurt am Main - Muslimchronicle

Passengers travelling with Ryanair in Germany on Friday saw little disruption from a short strike called by a pilots' union, with the no-frills airline praising crew for "largely ignoring" the unprecedented walkout. Germany's powerful Cockpit union (VC) had asked Ryanair pilots to walk off the job from 5-9am (0400-0800 GMT) in a battle for recognition from the Irish carrier whose workers haveRead more

Danish police find decapitated head of Swedish journalist

Copenhagen - Muslimchronicle

Danish police said Saturday divers had found the decapitated head and two legs of Swedish journalist Kim Wall, who vanished in August while interviewing a Danish inventor aboard his homemade submarine. Copenhagen police inspector Jens Moller Jensen told reporters divers had found bags containing her missing clothes, her head and two legs in Koge Bay, south of the Danish capital. Read more

Danish submarine scanned for clues to journalist's death

Stockholm - Musimchronicle

Copenhagen police said Tuesday they were scanning an inventor's homemade submarine for possible hidden rooms as they investigate the death of a Swedish journalist last seen on board before her headless torso was found. Peter Madsen, 46, who has been held in formal custody since August 12 and accused of "negligent manslaughter", has insisted that Kim Wall died in "anRead more

Danish inventor denies killing reporter, mutilating body

Stockholm - Muslimchronicle

An eccentric Danish inventor who is being held over the grisly death of a Swedish reporter whose headless torso was found at sea, has denied killing her and mutilating her body, police said Friday. "The suspect denies homicide and desecration of a human body," Copenhagen police said in a statement, referring to Peter Madsen, 46, who is being held onRead more