Italy accepts Maersk migrants
27 migrants at the centre of an international dispute after being stranded on a Danish tanker off the coast of Malta since the start of August have been allowed to land in Italy….
MoreEx-PM had ‘close experience’ of sexual harassment
Ex-prime minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt has urged bosses to send their employees on a mandatory course to help prevent sexual harassment. In response to the growing debate in this country, where 1,615 women in…
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Danske Bank management was aware of illegal debt-collection for years…..Magasin up for sale……New CEO for Orsted….. Danske Bank, still dealing with the fall-out from the Estonian money-laundering affair, admitted on Friday it had known…
MoreThe Week That Was, September 7th – 13th 2020:
Coronavirus/ What happened last week: The government partially rolled back the reopening process following a sharp spike in corona virus infections – Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen warned that Denmark is in a ‘difficult…
MoreThe truce is over – Liberal leader lashes out at government’s ‘irresponsible’ economic policy
Denmark is in an historic economic crisis that it will never emerge from under the policies laid out by Mette Frederiksen, opposition leader Jakob Ellemann Jensen warned yesterday in a hard-hitting speech to…
MoreForeign Minister in ‘Me Too’ dilemma as allies remain silent
The government has come under fire from its parliamentary ally, the Social Liberals (Radikale), who claim Jeppe Kofod should never have been appointed Foreign Minister after he admitted having sex with a 15-year-old…
MoreCorona infections surge but no new lockdown says PM
317 new corona cases were registered Thursday, the highest since April 8th. Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen told TV2 that Denmark is in a ‘difficult place’ and will continue to be so until a…
MoreForeign fighters law creates legal headache
The government is pushing for temporary legislation that allows the authorities to strip foreign fighters of their passport to be made permanent. The law, rushed through parliament last year but passed with a…
MoreDKK22.4m for homeless refugee minors in Greece
Denmark has pledged DKK22.4m ($3.4m) in emergency aid to help unaccompanied minors left homeless by the fire at the Moria refugee camp on the Greek island of Lesbos . Development Minister Rasmus Prehn…
MoreNew embassy in Iraq
The government is reopening Denmark’s embassy in Baghdad this autumn, closed for eight years, as part of its efforts to help combat Islamic State and contribute to the stabilisation of the situation in…
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