More ebola aid for Ghana
Development Aid Minister Mogens Jensen has authorised an extra DKK10m in aid ($1.75m) to Ghana’s health authorities to help combat the ebola virus. Denmark has now granted DKK74m to fight the deadly disease,…
MorePrime Minister needs three ‘green keys’ to unlock climate negotiations says Lidegaard
Prime Minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt is heading for a difficult round of negotiations at the European Council summit tomorrow when EU leaders gather to hammer out the 2030 policy framework, which will set the…
MoreDanish opposition to Juncker today
6 of Denmark’s 13 MEP’s intend to vote no today when the European Parliament decides whether to approve Jean-Claude Juncker’s European Commission. Denmark’s most popular EU politician ever, the Danish People’s Party’s Morten…
MoreDPP MEP wins influential EU chair
The Danish People’s Party (DPP) Morten Messerschmidt has been chosen as one of five deputy chairs of the Eurosceptic European Conservatives and Reformists (ECR) group, which numbers 71 of the European parliament’s 751…
MoreNew China policy for Vestas
Wind turbine giant Vestas will in future focus on producing higher quality wind turbines for the upper end of the Chinese market after failing to make inroads at the lower end, which is…
MoreIraq mission is ill-defined say experts
The mission against the Islamic State (Isis) can only be successful if the Iraqi government is forced to cooperate, Danish experts said yesterday after it was announced that Danish fighter jets had carried…
MoreTurkey dispute isn’t over yet warns PM
The prisoner dispute with Turkey definitely isn’t over yet, Prime Minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt warned yesterday after the Turkish authorities confirmed that the 26-year-old Danish national suspected of trying to kill Islam critic Lars…
MoreForeign Minister: ‘I don’t want to appear like Comical Ali’
Although Foreign Minister Martin Lidegaard is in no doubt that Denmark needs to react strongly against Turkey in the released prisoner affair, he acknowledged yesterday that there’s little chance of getting more information…
MoreExpert condemns ‘abnormal’ Turkish behaviour
The manner in which Turkey has abused the convention on prisoner exchange is ‘unheard of and without precedent in Europe’, a Danish expert claimed yesterday after the Turkish authorities confirmed the release of…
MoreRussia set to tighten ban on Danish pork today
Russia is set to impose tougher import measures on a number of countries, including Denmark, who imposed sanctions in the wake of the Ukraine crisis. The Danish Veterinary and Food Administration (DVFA) writes…
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