Sanctions on Russia could lead to oil spillage in Danish waters
The Maritime Authority has warned that Russian oil tankers passing close to Denmark may be more likely to crash and spill their cargoes due to EU sanctions that could prevent specialist pilots from…
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Banks provide staff with blankets as temperatures drop….Supermarket chain turns down the heating….SAS ‘haemorrhaging’ money….. Some Danish banks are handing out blankets to help staff cope with lower office temperatures introduced as part…
MorePM aims to bring welfare to the people
The third installment of the government’s ‘Denmark can do more’ welfare reform plan is aimed at making the public sector less bureaucratic by improving transparency and reducing red tape. At a press conference,…
MoreBelarus Ambassador: West to blame for…everything
It’s the West that’s to blame for the war in Ukraine, high energy prices, and the military escalation according to Belarus’s ambassador to Denmark and Finland, Aleksei Samosuev. In a lengthy interview with…
MoreUkrainians appeal for Danish battle tanks
Ukrainian civil organisations have made a direct appeal to Denmark for battle tanks. Denmark has so far sent 2,700 anti-tank weapons to Ukraine and, according to Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen, is willing to send…
MoreEx-PM joins call for independent Minkgate investigation
Ex-prime minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen has demanded an independent legal probe of his successor, Mette Frederiksen’s role in the Minkgate affair before announcing which candidate he’ll back at the upcoming election. The ex-prime…
MoreDanish filmmaker to testify before January 6th select committee in Washington DC
Christoffer Guldbrandsen, a Danish documentary maker who was an eyewitness when Trump supporters stormed the U.S. Capitol in 2021, will provide testimony when the January 6th select committee investigating the violent attack reconvenes…
MoreUN criticism for Denmark’s failure to support human rights activist
Denmark has received strong criticism from the UN for its ‘mishandling’ of the case against Danish-Bahraini activist Abdulhadi al-Khawaja, who’s serving a life sentence in Bahrain for inciting an insurgency against the Sunni Muslim…
MoreRussia-Germany pipeline leaks gas into Danish waters
The Danish Maritime Authority has imposed a safety zone of 5 nautical miles around the island of Bornholm and instructed ships to steer clear after a leak was discovered in the Nord Stream…
MoreControversial ex-minister eyes government role
Inger Støjberg is determined her new Denmark’s Democrats party should be an integral part of a centre-right government if the opposition wins power at the upcoming election. In an interview with TV2, the…
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