Economist: No worries about DKK115bn national debt rise
The billions of kroner spent on financial aid packages for the business sector has created a serious dent in state finances. The national debt at the start of this year was DKK 536bn…
MoreNord Stream 2 defies US sanctions – work resumes in Danish waters
A Russian pipe-laying vessel has resumed work on the controversial Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline in Danish territorial waters despite the threat of US sanctions. According to reports the Russian ‘Fortuna’ is conducting…
MoreGovernment resumes push for offshore asylum centres
The government is in talks with a number of countries about the possibility of setting up Australian-style ‘reception centres’ outside the EU where asylum seekers could be processed before they arrive in Europe –…
MoreGovernment aims for zero asylum seekers
Despite figures showing the lowest number of asylum seekers since 1998 the government is determined to go even further by aiming for zero. Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen told parliament, Friday, that while she…
More‘Fascist’ demonstrators burn effigy of prime minister
Parties on both sides of the aisle have condemned the burning of an effigy of Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen at a Copenhagen demonstration, Saturday. According to reports around 1,000 supporters of the radical…
MoreLiberal leader gets tough on immigration
The Liberals (Venstre) want to exclude ‘deadbeat’ immigrants from welfare handouts. At an extraordinary party conference over the weekend, under pressure leader Jakob Ellemann-Jensen, who’s been accused of being ‘soft’ on immigration, said…
MoreStøjberg coy about future: ‘Tomorrow’s another day’
Ex-immigration minister Inger Støjberg may have been forced out as the Liberals’ deputy leader of but hasn’t quit the party – yet. In a speech to delegates at the party’s extraordinary party conference over…
MoreLiberal leader urges Inger to ‘come clean’
Liberal leader Jakob Ellemann-Jensen has urged his former deputy leader, Inger Støjberg, to ‘come clean’ and state whether she intends to remain in the party. Following an extraordinary party conference, Sunday, where the…
MoreVirus updates
Infections fall…..33 Dubai arrivals had ‘false negative’….British variant on the rise…. 754 new corona cases were reported, Sunday, as the infection rate continues to fall – however, the number of people hospitilased by…
MoreUAE contests flight ban
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has queries Denmark’s claim that coronavirus test results obtained when leaving Dubai could be unreliable. After the Transport Ministry last week suspended flights from Dubai for five days while…
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