Foreign Minister urges EU to ‘stop interfering’
Foreign Minister Kristian Jensen believes the EU should stop interfering in individual countries’ domestic policies. In an interview with Berlingske the minister calls for less EU involvement in a country’s social system and…
MoreDPP leader: Denmark should follow Great Britain’s EU lead
The upcoming British ‘Brexit’ referendum could also be crucial for Denmark’s EU membership, Danish People’s Party leader Kristian Thulesen Dahl warned last night. Whether the June 23rd vote in Great Britain ends in…
MoreGreen Card Scheme could be scrapped
The government again finds itself in a minority on immigration policy after the Social Democrats and Socialist People’s Party backed a Danish People’s Party proposal to drop the Green Card Scheme, aimed at…
MoreNGOs call for demonstrations against free trade deal with US
NGOs (Non-Governmental Organisations) have urged Danes to copy Germans and take to the streets against the proposed Trans-Atlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP). About 35,000 protestors marched in Germany on Saturday ahead of…
MoreMajority against fighter jet investment
As the government prepares its final recommendation for which company should be awarded the multi-billion contract to supply the Danish Air Force with a new fleet of fighter jets, a poll shows a…
MoreCriminals could serve jail time abroad
The government is preparing to challenge the legal principle that if a criminal is convicted in Denmark he is required to serve his sentence in a Danish jail. According to a new proposal…
MoreConsumers more confident
Consumer confidence improved for the first time in four months in April. The consumer confidence index, which indicates people’s views on the current and future economic situation, rose to 5.5 in April from…
MoreRetail sales hit 2-year low
Retail sales decreased for the second successive month in March, to the lowest level for two years. Preliminary figures from Statistics Denmark show retail sales slid a seasonally adjusted 1.0 percent month-over-month in…
MoreThe Week That Was, April 18th – April 24th 2016
Politics / Economy A new Wilke poll indicated a virtual dead heat between the two opposing blocs, with a slight advantage to the government and its allies (50.6%-49.4%) – the ruling Liberals have…
MoreUS Army captain foils bomb attack on Danish school
A US Army captain played a decisive role in stopping an attack on a Danish school, the US Department of Defence revealed yesterday. Colonel Steve Warren, spokesman for the international coalition against the…
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