Denmark’s ‘faceless bureaucrat’ at EU Council looking for 5 more years at the top
Top Danish diplomat Jeppe Tranholm-Mikkelsen has been nominated for a further 5-year term as Secretary-General of the Council of the European Union. If appointed Mr Mikkelsen, previously referred to as a ‘faceless bureaucrat’…
MoreTunnel link to Germany greenlighted for 2021 start
Construction of the Femern Tunnel, connecting Denmark and Germany, has been given the go ahead to start in January 2021, with work starting on the German side in 2022. The 18km long submersed…
MoreBusiness shorts
Worst economic downturn on record……Maersk warns of North Sea redundancies….Danske Bank issues oil warning…. Denmark, Norway and Sweden face some of their worst economic downturns on record this year as the coronavirus pandemic…
MoreRussia’s ambassador accuses ‘confrontational’ US of threatening Arctic peace
Russia’s ambassador to Denmark has denounced the USA’s unilateral DKK83m $12.1m grant to Greenland as ’confrontational’. In an interview with Politiken this morning Vladimir V. Barbin accuses the US of threatening peace in the…
MoreUS Ambassador tempts Faroes with aid too
In addition to giving a DKK83m ($12.1m) grant to Greenland the USA has also offered the Faroe Islands unilateral aid to combat the corona virus. Altinget.dk reports how in mid-March US Ambassador Carla…
MoreDenmark joins ‘small country’ corona alliance
Denmark has joined an alliance of ‘like-minded’ smaller countries set up by Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz ‘that have reacted quickly and intensively and so have come through the crisis better than others.’ The…
MoreAid for ‘most vulnerable’
A parliamentary majority has agreed on a DKK215m (€30m) corona aid package for society’s ‘most vulnerable’, including kids from alcohol and drug abuse families, people with disabilities who live alone, and the mentally…
MoreVirus updates
Infection rate down but fatalities up…..Death rate 2nd-highest in Nordic region….Police crack down on gatherings as people party….11 new test locations this week…. The death toll from the covid-19 continues to rise although…
MoreClimate Minister hosts virtual global summit
Although Denmark’s green ambitions have been put on hold by the corona crisis, the government, in conjunction with the International Energy Agency (IEA) co-hosted a virtual climate summit, Friday. Climate Minister Dan Jørgensen,…
MoreGovernment alliance on course for 100 seats as voters back PM’s corona policy
The centre-left alliance would win 100 of parliament’s 175 seats if an election was held right now according to a new Epinion poll for DR News, which also shows that more than a…
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