Lykketoft returns from New York to face revolt
Mogens Lykketoft is facing a revolt from within his own party when he returns to Denmark this summer after serving a year as President of the United Nations General Assembly. Tabloid daily Eksta Bladet reports…
MoreDanes split on legalised cannabis
Danes are divided on the issue of legalised cannabis – in a new Megafon survey for TV2,43% of respondents said yes, 43% no, with the remainder undecided. The survey also shows that very…
MoreDenmark launches Tour de France bid
A top-level Danish delegation was in Paris, Monday, to present Denmark’s official bid to host a Tour de France Grand Départ The delegation, led by Minister for Business and Growth, Troels Lund Poulsen…
MoreDenmark funding Taliban schools
Danish education funding in Afghanistan is being spent on schools under the control of the Taliban. A new documentary to be shown on DR1 tonight, ‘Schools in the Firing Line’, reveals that Denmark…
MoreGovernment targets money launderers
The government is pushing for measures to crack down on money laundering and tax evasion. Business & Growth Minister Troels Lund Poulsen and Tax Minister Karsten Lauritzen have laid out a number of…
MoreDPP’s centrist government dream
The Danish People’s Party (DPP) is ready to form a government after the next election, but without the help of its allies on the right, the Conservatives and Liberal Alliance. At the annual…
MoreJohn Kerry on Arctic mission in Greenland
After meeting HM Queen Margrethe, Friday, US Secretary of State John Kerry flew to Greenland to discuss Arctic and climate policy with the home-rule administration. He was welcomed by Greenland’s Foreign Minister Vittus…
MoreUS reconsiders Thule contract
Denmark and Greenland appear to have won ’significant concessions’ from the USA regarding the dispute about a multi-million dollar service and operations contract at the US military base at Thule in Northern Greenland ….
MoreCrackdown on Christiania
Copenhagen Police raided the ‘free state’ of Christiania, Friday, in a crackdown on the still-flourishing cannabis trade. Four dealers were arrested and a further 17 detained for further questioning. The police used chainsaws…
MoreGovernment to demand restrictions on benefits for EU citizens
Regardless of the outcome of this week’s Brexit referendum in Great Britain the Danish government is determined to restrict EU citizens’ access to social entitlements in this country. Foreign Minister Kristian Jensen told…
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