Foreign Minister: Ukraine conflict at ‘critical phase’
Foreign Minister Jeppe Kofod has summoned parliament’s Foreign Policy Committee to a briefing this morning about the Russia-Ukraine conflict, which he said has reached a ’critical phase.’ At a press briefing last night…
MorePM: Denmark will ‘stay involved’ in Mali after troop withdrawal
France and Canada’s withdrawal of troops from Mali is ‘unfortunate but understandable’ Prime Minister Mette said yesterday on the sidelines of the European Union-African Union summit in Brussels. She said that when both…
MoreVirus updates
40,600 new corona cases were confirmed, Thursday, slightly down on the previous day as 31% of the 130.273 PCR tests taken over the 24-hour period came back positive. However, the number of people hospitalised…
MorePension majors reject climate accusations
Denmark’s biggest pension funds have pushed back on accusations they are actively counteracting green conversion by continuing to invest in ‘black’ companies that deal in oil, coal or gas. Under the heading ‘The…
MoreBankruptcy fears for SAS as shares plunge
Business analysts have warned that long-struggling Scandinavian Airlines (SAS) could be heading for bankruptcy. Following a drastic share-price downturn , Wednesday, when Scandinavia’s flagship airline saw 20% of its stock-market value disappear, Bloomberg…
MoreForeign Minister on U.S troops: We decide, not Russia
Foreign Minister Jeppe Kofod has dismissed Russian Ambassador Vladimir V. Barbin’s warning that ‘one single American soldier’ stationed on the small Danish island of Bornholm in the Baltic Sea would be seen by Moscow…
MoreDanish lawmakers call for EU payments to Poland and Hungary to be withheld
Danish MEPs in Brussels have urged the EU Commission to withhold funding to Poland and Hungary, whose governments have been accused of overseeing a decline in democratic standards. After the European Court of…
MoreForeign Ministry approved shady Cold War arms deals
Previously unreleased documents reveal how a former arms manufacturer owned by shipping giant Maersk sold weapons for millions of dollars to war-torn countries during the Cold War period – and with the tacit…
MorePro-Palestine activists illegally detained outside Israeli embassy
Two young activists have launched a compensation claim against the police for violation of their democratic rights after they were detained last week for holding a ‘Free Palestine’ sign outside the Israeli Embassy…
MoreFaroes discuss ‘cruel’ dolphin slaughter
The self-rule government of the Faroe Islands has begun discussions about the future of its controversial dolphin hunt, the ‘Grind’. Although the islands are a Danish autonomous territory the annual tradition, in which…
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