EU summit stretches into 4th day as ‘frugals’ refuse to back down
EU leaders have failed to reach agreement on the proposed coronavirus recovery fund and long-term budget after three long days of negotiations in Brussels and will resume talks at 12.00 today. Denmark and…
MorePM during budget talks: No compromise on EU values
Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen has urged the other 26 EU countries not to compromise on fundamental European values as they struggle to reach agreement on the long-term budget and corona recovery fund. In…
MoreMinistries disregard transparency guidelines
8 out of 20 ministries have violated transparency guidelines regarding ministers’ expenditure on travel, food, and drink. In 2009 the Liberal-led government put together an across the aisle majority for a transparency scheme,…
MoreAfter tax defeat, Vestager hits back at Apple
Denmark’s Executive Vice President of the European Commission Margrethe Vestager has launched a broad anti-competition inquiry into ‘Internet of Things’ (IoT) technologies such as voice assistants and connected mobile devices. After losing a high-profile…
MoreForeign fighter charged with treason
A foreign fighter who’s returned to Denmark from Syria has been charged with treason, the first time the law has been deployed for 70 years. Danish jihadist Ahmad Salem El-Haj, who left Denmark…
MoreThe Week That Was, July 12th – 19th 2020:
Coronavirus/ What happened last week: National Serum Institute data showed the so-called ‘R’ rate, which reflects the average number of infections one person with the virus causes, increased from 0.6 to 1.2 between…
MoreIntelligence boss warns of new threats to Denmark
The corona crisis has opened up new threats to Denmark’s security and strengthened already existing risks, the Military Intelligence Agency (FE: Forsvarets Efterretningstjeneste) has warned. Head of the agency, Lars Findsen, has named…
MoreVirus updates
Infection rate stable….New countries added to ‘open’ list…. The infection figures remain stable in this country. 17 people are hospitalised with covoid-19, with five still in intensive care. 610 people have died since…
MoreVestager’s tax defeat a threat to Danish welfare
Margrethe Vestager’s defeat in the EU tax battle with Apple should be a major concern for the Danish government according to left-leaning daily Politiken. In a hard hitting editorial the paper claims that that…
MoreGreenland voters to decide fate of controversial statue
Residents of Nuuk, the capital of Greenland, are voting in a referendum on whether to keep the controversial statue of a missionary seen as a symbol of Danish colonialism. The Nuuk administration says…
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