Løkke’s ‘climate bluff’
Prime Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen’s effort to portray himself a climate leader is a bad case of ‘double standards’ and a ‘bluff’ according to NGOs who claim he’s trying to promote a green…
MoreDPP denounce police relocation
The government’s decision to move immigration police units to inner cities to combat gang warfare is an intended provocation, according Danish People’s Party (DPP) MP Martin Henriksen. Justice Minister Søren Pape Poulsen has…
MoreRear Admiral: We don’t need submarines
A leading military expert has advised against investing in submarines to counter Russian aggression in the Baltic. Rear Admiral Nils Wang, head of the Danish Defence Academy, told an open hearing at Christiansborg…
MoreMaersk continues break-up
AP Moller-Maersk has sold off its oil tanker business for $1.2bn to the family investor that is the Danish conglomerate’s controlling shareholder as part of its break-up process. From the Financial Times: AP…
MoreDPP: Start deporting Romanian criminals
The Danish People’s Party (DPP) has urged Justice Minister Søren Pape Poulsen to start deporting convicted Romanian criminals immediately. The Supreme Court ruled earlier this year that prisons in Romania don’t live up…
MoreDanish company gets millions for drone technology
A Danish security company has been granted €1.2m (DKK9m) in EU funding to test its innovative drone protection technology. MyDefence in Aalborg (North Jutland) has developed the KNOX system, which can detect, identify…
MoreDenmark leads challenge to Trump’s anti-climate agenda
Denmark has assumed a leading role in the fight against President Trump’s anti-climate agenda. To counter the president’s move to withdraw the U.S. from the Paris accord, Prime Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen will…
MoreLøkke: Trump is ‘very unorthodox’
North Korea may be a frightening regime but total destruction isn’t the solution, Prime Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen said in reaction to President Trump’s fiery speech at the UN, Tuesday. The PM, who…
MoreGovernment won’t back EU move to stop tax avoidance
Finance Minister Kristian Jensen has called for tough legislation to stop global IT companies’ tax loopholes but won’t support a French proposal to slap a tax on revenues rather than profits. Despite a new…
MoreNew DK-Turkey dispute
A 37-year-old Danish national has been stopped from leaving Turkey because the authorities believe him to be the chairman of the Danish wing of PKK (Kurdistan Workers’ Party),listed by the EU, USA, and…
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