Deportation of arms trader on the table again in DK-India talks
The ‘Niels Holck affair’, which caused a diplomatic rift between Denmark and India eight years ago, was raised again during the virtual bilateral summit between Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen and India PM Narendra…
MoreOptimism as infections drop below 500
Health experts sounded a note of optimism yesterday after the number of people testing positive for the corona virus fell to under 500 for the second day running. After last week, when daily…
MoreStudent grant expenditure on foreign nationals ‘out of control’
Student grants to foreign EU nationals topped DKK500m (€66m) last year despite a cross-party political agreement from 2013 that capped expenditure at DKK442m (€59m). Nearly 12,000 citizens of other EU countries received a Danish…
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Retail sales dip again…..Watchdog warns of employee problems at Danske Bank….Lithuania cooperating with Danish law enforcement on money laundering….. Retail sales continued to decline in August. The latest Statistics Denmark figures show sales…
MoreEx-PM accuses ‘stupid’ government of playing havoc with national security
Former prime minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen has accused the government of acting not only ‘stupidly’ but also ‘dangerously’ by compromising Military Intelligence (FE). Head of the agency Lars Findsen and former head Thomas Ahrenkiel have both…
MoreNew restrictions on the way as infection rate hits record-high
Health Minister Magnus Heunicke warned of new restrictions to limit the spread of the corona virus after the number of daily covid infections hit an all-time high, Friday. The number of new cases…
MorePrime Minister preaches climate and immigration to UN
In a video-taped speech to the UN General Assembly in New York, Friday, Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen focused on the climate and the immigration crisis. She said: ”The world is facing many challenges…
MoreEx-Danish PM chairs Facebook’s ‘supreme court’
Facebook’s new Oversight Board, co-chaired by former Danish prime minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt, is preparing to get underway in mid-October, ahead of the U.S. election. Users will be able to file appeals against posts…
MoreUganda imposes more controls on Copenhagen embassy
Uganda has appointed a new accounting officer at its Copenhagen embassy where a cash scam was revealed last month. Ambassador Nimisha Madhvani and deputy ambassador Elly Kamahungye were ordered to return home after…
MorePM in India video summit
Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen will hold a virtual bilateral summit today with her India countgerpart, Narendra Modi, today when Denmark’s participation in the International Solar Alliance (ISA), an alliance of 121 countries initiated by India will be high on the…
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