New Conservatives: Integration has failed dramatically
The head of Denmark’s new far-right party has urged the ruling Liberals to drop 35 years of ‘failed immigration policy’. In an op-ed piece in Berlingske, New Conservative leader Pernille Vermlund questions why…
MoreSamuelsen’s war concerns
Foreign Minister Anders Samuelsen has urged China to turn up the pressure on North Korea so the nuclear missile crisis ends peacefully . After a NATO foreign ministers’ meeting in Brussels Mr Samuelsen…
MoreCrown Prince Frederik backs Russia’s Olympic exclusion
As Denmark’s member of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) Crown Prince Frederik has applauded the decision to suspend Russia from the upcoming Winter Olympics. The Royal Family’s press secretary, Lene Balleby, said the Crown Prince…
MoreCanadian company moves into Danish cannabis market
A Canadian company plans to establish a 40,000-square-metre cannabis production facility in Odense to cater for medical marijuana patients. The new facility comes under a joint venture announced in September between Canopy Growth…
MoreBusiness shorts
Denmark has most mobile phones / Employees get DKK 65,000 Christmas bonus / Homeless get bank accounts Denmark has the most phones, per capita, than any other country in the world. A new…
MoreGovernment, DPP in tax stand-off
The Danish People’s Party (DPP) has urged the government to drop tax reform negotiations and concentrate on passing the 2018 budget before Christmas. The government is still locked in budget negotiations with the…
MoreDPP ‘holding a gun to government’s head’
The government has no choice but to postpone tax reform negotiations if it wants the Danish People’s Party’s (DPP) support for the 2018 budget, leading political commentator, and ex-Conservative leader, Hans Engell said…
MoreUN disputes government’s North Korea explanation
A top U.N. representative has rejected Defence Minister Claus Hjort Frederiksen’s claim that hiring North Korean workers to help build a Danish warship doesn’t violate international sanctions. Danish Defence hired Danish shipyard, Karstensens Skibsværft, to…
MorePoverty on the rise
The number of people living in relative poverty in Denmark has risen following the government’s social benefits reform two years ago. A new study by right-leaning think-tank CEPOS shows there were 50,000 people…
MoreCopenhagen wins climate award
Copenhagen was honoured, Tuesday, at an awards ceremony in Chicago attended by former President Barak Obama. Copenhagen City Hall press release: The C40 Cities Awards recognise the world’s most inspiring and innovative cities…
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