PM heads for energy summit in Belgium
Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen travels to Ostend in Belgium this morning where nine European countries are holding a summit aimed at scaling up wind power generation in the North Sea. The leaders of…
More‘Colonial Denmark’ ignores Greenland, appoints Danish Arctic Ambassador
Foreign Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen has come under fire for appointing a new Arctic Ambassador without consulting Naalakkersuisut, the Greenlandic government. Tobias Elling Rehfeld, current ambassador to South Africa, will replace Thomas Winkler…
MoreModerates MP in new scandal
The Moderates’ under-pressure culture spokesperson, Jon Stephensen, could be facing exclusion from the party after it was revealed he sent ‘sexually explicit’ text messages to a 19-year-old female member of the coalition partner’s youth…
More1% of population owns 25% of Denmark’s wealth
The richest 1% own more than a quarter of the country’s collective wealth, left-wing daily Information reports this morning. A new study by the Economic Council of the Labour Movement (Arbejderbevægelsens Erhvervsråd) based…
MoreDenmark starts Sudan evacuation plan
Denmark has begun preparations to evacuate its nationals from Sudan, the Foreign Ministry said, Sunday. France has evacuated its embassy staff and their families while the Netherlands, Finland other countries were moving to withdraw diplomats…
More18-year-old on fire outside U.S. Embassy
An 18-year-old man set fire to himself outside the U.S. Embassy in Copenhagen, Friday. He was rushed to hospital where, according to reports, he’s in stable condition and out of danger. His motive…
MoreThe Week That Was, April 17th – 23rd 2023
Politics/Economy: The latest Gallup poll showed the Social Democrats would lose 25% of its voters if an election was held today, while their coalition partners, the Liberals and Moderates, have also slipped back…
MoreDK-Netherlands strike deal on tanks for Ukraine
Denmark, alongside the Netherlands, is sending 14 Leopard 2 tanks to Ukraine. At a press briefing, Thursday, Foreign Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen called it a ’significant donation’ on top of the 100 older…
MoreGovernment in agreement with Faroes to beef up security in North Atlantic
The government is aiming for increased cooperation with the Faroe Islands in the upcoming defence bill. Following talks with Faroe Islands foreign affairs minister Høgni Hoydal in Torshavn, Acting Defence Minister Troels Lund Poulsen…
MoreMaritime Authority lifts exclusion zone around pipelines site
The no-sail zone imposed around the site of last year’s pipelines explosions in the Baltic Sea has been lifted. Acting on a recommendation by the Danish Energy Agency, the Danish Maritime Authority (DMA)…
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