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Denmark / Europe / United States

Lord of misrule makes mischief

Published by The i paper (13th January, 2025) Joe Biden may still be in the White House, but even before he takes office Donald Trump is setting the global […]

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Denmark / Europe / Greenland

What kind of nation forcibly sterilises girls as young as 12 to cut welfare bills?

Published by The Mail on Sunday (12th November, 2023) Like many teenagers, 15-year-old Arnaq took a part-time job in a local shop to earn some money. Appallingly, though, […]

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Denmark / Europe / Immigration / Policy

Europe’s Alcatraz: why the continent’s most liberal nation plans to dump refugees on a remote island

Published by The Mail on Sunday (10th February, 2019) The rain lashed down and wind blew in fiercely over icy Baltic waters as Peter Skaarup stepped back on […]

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Denmark / Disability / Europe / Health / Policy

A world without Down’s Syndrome children?

Published by The Mail on Sunday (4th February, 2018) Watching Erica Gaarn-Larsen playing with her six-year-old son Philip in their third-floor flat in central Copenhagen, it is hard […]

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Europe / European Union / Greenland

The proud island that floated free

Published by The Mail on Sunday (13th March, 2016) The problem was simple but infuriating: ‘I had to travel to Brussels every month and ask permission if we […]

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Arts / Books / Europe

Decency defeats the forces of darkness

Published by The Mail on Sunday (6th April, 2014) Countrymen: The Untold Story of How Denmark’s Jews Escaped the Nazis by Bo Lidegaard (Atlantic) One Saturday morning in […]

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Ian Birrell is an award-winning columnist, foreign correspondent, feature writer and investigative journalist. He is contributing editor of The Mail on Sunday, a weekly columnist in The i Paper and writes frequently for other papers and platforms. He is also co-founder with Damon Albarn of Africa Express, the acclaimed collaborative music project. (Pictured: Talking to refugees in Iraq fleeing Islamic State)... Read More.

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