Foreign Minister: Merkel underestimated refugee problem
Foreign Minister Kristian Jensen said yesterday Chancellor Angela Merkel had underestimated how many refugees would flood into her country as a result of Germany’s open-door policy. In a speech to a Washington DC…
MoreLA pushes for extended war commission
After months of political in-fighting about the disbanded Iraq Commission the issue took a new turn yesterday. With the backing of a political majority the Liberal Alliance (LA) urged Justice Minister Søren Pind…
MoreChild bride and husband return to asylum centre
A married Syrian couple who fled from an asylum centre in protest last week after the immigration authorities ordered them to live apart because the wife is under 18 agreed to return last…
MoreTerror trial starts today
The trial against four young Muslims accused of aiding killer Omar El-Hussein last year during last year’s Copenhagen terror attack gets underway in Copenhagen District Court today. The four stand accused of aiding and…
MoreDenmark in NATO exercise
Denmark is currently participating in NATO’s week-long Crisis Management Exercise 2016 (CMX16), the military alliance’s regularly-held decision-making and consultation exercise which involves no deployed forces. The European Union is observing the exercise, based…
MoreDead body found near Little Mermaid
A dead body was found close to the Little Mermaid Wednesday. Navy divers discovered the rotting corpse on the seabed at Langelinie but Copenhagen Police said they have no idea who it is…
MoreCard transactions up but no increase in private spending
Retail purchases with the national debit card Dankort rose 13 percent in February from a year earlier to DKK 27.2bn ($4 bn), the latest data from card services firm Nets shows. However, even…
MoreEU seed money for small businesses
The European Investment Fund (EIF) and The Danish Growth Fund (Vækstfonden) have signed the first COSME agreement in Denmark, benefiting from the support of the European Fund for Strategic Investments (EFSI), the heart…
MoreTrade push leads to joint Saudi-Danish business council
The Council of Saudi Chambers (CSC) and Confederation of Danish Industry (DI) have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to set up a joint Saudi-Danish business council. The agreement was signed, Monday, at…
MoreDanish politicians criticise Turkey
Danish politicians have showered Turkey with criticism after the country’s prime minister, Ahmet Davutoglu, demanded a long list of concessions from the EU for helping to alleviate the refugee crisis. His demand for…
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