Immigrants take nearly 90% of all new jobs
It’s immigrants that are fueling job growth in this country – 87% of those who’ve joined the labour market over the past year are foreign nationals, a review by the Confederation of Danish…
MoreUS Senate questions Novo Nordisk’s ‘exorbitant’ prices
A U.S. Senate committee has launched an investigation into the prices of Novo Nordisk’s ‘wonder’ diabetes and weight loss drugs Ozempic and Wegovy in the USA. Former presidential candidate Bernie Sanders, chair of…
MoreDenmark looking for EU backing after UK passes Rwanda bill
A Danish processing centre for refugees in Rwanda is still a distant dream even though the British Parliament yesterday approved a similar bill to deport asylum seekers to the east-African country. In 2021…
MorePM gives beleaguered MP a vote of confidence
Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen has brushed off criticism of the Social Democrats’ integration spokesperson Frederik Vad who’s been accused of making inflammatory remarks about immigrants. The PM told reporters, Tuesday, that she and…
MoreNew Danish funding will secure energy for half a million Ukraine households
The government has granted a DKK2.85bn (€380m) state guarantee for a wind energy project in Ukraine that will provide green energy for at least 500,000 households. Following a meeting with President Zelensky in…
MoreSpokespersons urge Europe to do more for Ukraine
The defence spokespersons of nearly all parliamentary parties have welcomed the US Senate’s passing of the long-delayed $95 billion package for Ukraine but at the same time urged Denmark’s European neighbours to do…
MoreAnother day, another political party
The former head of the New Right has announced he’s forming a new party that will ‘stir things up at Christiansborg.’ Lars Boje Mathiesen was fired and kicked out of the anti-migrant party in…
MoreRussian war memorial vandalised…again
For the third year in a row a war memorial in Bornholm for Russian soldiers killed defending the Baltic island in 1945-6 has been vandalised. An iron gate with the Soviet Union-era hammer…
MoreNew Study: Air pollution in Denmark may impact kids’ performance
The high level of air pollution in this country could be damaging to academic performance, a new Copenhagen University study has found. In most parts of Denmark air pollution, from traffic, farming and…
MoreGovernment ready to fund transfer of Air Defence systems to Ukraine
The government has indicated that it could be willing to help other countries financially if they send their Patriot Air Defence systems to Ukraine. Following a meeting in Brussels, Monday, Foreign Minister Lars…
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