US embassy ridiculed for Auschwitz blunder
The US Embassy in Denmark has been hit with a ‘shit storm’ on social media for originally claiming that the Auschwitz concentration camp in southern Poland was liberated by US troops 75 years…
MoreBrexit leader predicts ‘Danexit’
Brexit party leader Nigel Farage, who led the leave campaign in the UK, has identified Denmark, alongside Italy and Poland, as being among those most likely to next exit the EU. Speaking at…
MoreMajority blocks Blackstone bill
The government has been forced to drop its so-called ‘Blackstone Bill’, a plan to stop ‘greedy’ property speculators, particularly U.S. company Blackstone, from purchasing rental properties in Copenhagen and pushing up rents. The government’s…
MoreLatvian visit
Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen will welcome her Latvian counterpart, Arturs Karinš, for talks in Copenhagen tomorrow (31/1). The Danish PM said in a prepared statement yesterday: “I look forward to meeting with the…
MoreAccountants in Danske Bank probe facing disciplinary action
In the latest twist to the Danske Bank money laundering scandal, two top accountants from global accountancy firm Ernst & Young are facing disciplinary action for their failure to spot the warning signs…
MoreChinese embassy demands apology for flag insult
Jyllands-Posten has defiantly refused to apologise to China’s embassy in Copenhagen for publishing a satirical cartoon featuring the Chinese flag with the coronavirus on it. The newspaper published the cartoon yesterday with a…
MorePoliticians defend freedom of speech in new cartoon controversy
Jyllands-Posten’s refusal to back down in the latest cartoon controversy, mirroring its stance following the Mohammed affair, was backed by Danish politicians. Following her speech to an EU conference in Copenhagen, Prime Minister…
MoreDanish flag under attack on social media
Social media is awash with manipulated images of the Danish national flag in a tit for tat retaliation for Jyllands-Posten’s satirical cartoon. Experts claim that the hundreds of derogatory pictures of the Dannebrog,…
MoreGovernment seeks cross-party support for EU budget cap
The government is confident it can win parliamentary backing for a proposal to keep Denmark’s annual EU payment to no more than 1% of GNI (Gross National Income). At a Copenhagen EU conference…
MoreVestager – Denmark needs to pay more
Executive Vice President of the European Commission Margrethe Vestager has urged Denmark and other countries to ‘get real’ and accept they will need to pay more to the EU budget. After Prime Minister Mette…
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