Berlingske: Tibet scandal won’t go away
In a hard-hitting editorial Berlingske warns that the ‘greatest democratic scandal’ committed by the authorities in modern times – when police illegally harassed demonstrators during a state visit in 2012 by China’s president…
MoreCommissioner eyes MEP role
Margrethe Vestager and former climate & energy minister Lykke Friis could both run for MEP in next year’s EU election. Ms Vestager, former Social Liberal leader and minister for the economy, is being…
MoreEmployment Minister: Benefit cap is working
The welfare rolls have been reduced by 22,700 since the government capped social benefits two years ago. Employment Minister Troels Lund Poulsen welcomed the ‘positive news’ that he said reflects record-high employment figures…
MoreThe Week That Was, May 22nd – May 27th 2018
Politics/Economy: The Social Democrats called for a probe into whether the Muslim Ramadan festival poses ‘safety hazards’, as claimed by Immigration Minister Inger Støjberg who sparked off a controversy by urging all working…
MoreDanish ministers in top-level Washington meeting today
The fractured EU-US relationship will be high on the agenda when two Danish ministers meet up with their US counterparts In Washington DC today. Minister of Foreign affairs Anders Samuelsen and Minister of…
MoreDanish UK politician denied citizenship after Brexit
A former Denmark-born mayor of the town of Ipswich, who has lived in Britain for nearly 40 years, has been denied citizenship by the UK Home Office. Danish and British media, including the…
MorePM optimistic after Copenhagen energy summit
Nordic Clean Energy Week in Copenhagen with ministers from the G20 and Nordic countries may have led to few specific results but Prime Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen remains optimistic. In a speech to…
MoreComeback for ex-Liberal Party dissenter
Jens Rohde, a former Danish and European MP who quit the Liberal Party seven years ago in protest against its hard line asylum and immigration policy, is making a comeback. The politician, the…
MoreHuman Rights Court rejects ROJ TV appeal
It was no violation of press freedoms when ROJ TV was banned from transmitting from Copenhagen in 2014, the European Court for Human Rights ruled yesterday. The Kurdish TV network and its holding…
MoreMaersk attacks Chinese protectionism
A.P. Moller Maersk, Denmark’s biggest company, has accused the Chinese authorities of discriminating against its business. At the Danish Shipping Industry’s annual convention, Thursday, CEO Søren Skou said the protectionism of the last…
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