Danish fighter jets grounded in Turkey
Danish fighter planes stationed in Turkey were grounded after the Turkish government closed the airspace around the USA’s Incirlik Air Base following the coup attempt, Friday, putting a temporary halt to coalition airstrikes against…
MoreFrance Ambassador: ‘We must never give up’
France’s ambassador to Denmark, Francois Zimeray, said Danish support for his country is ’decisive’ after the Bastille Day attack in Nice that left 84 dead and dozens more injured. At a remembrance service for…
MoreEast Europeans find work – so why can’t Danes?
The ever-increasing number of east-Europeans who easily find work in this country underlines the need for tax reform, a spokesman for the ruling Liberals said in response to a new report showing that…
MoreDPP wants to extend jewellery law
Although Denmark has been criticised throughout the world for the controversial ‘jewellery law’ passed in February, the Danish People’s Party (DPP) has called for it to be tightened even more. The law allows the…
MoreDanish MEP calls on EU Commission to investigate tax avoidance deals
Danish MEP Jeppe Kofod has asked the European Commission to examine stock loan deals that, he claims, help large shareholders avoid paying their share of taxes on dividends paid out by corporations in Denmark and…
MoreDanish company hit with record fine in US
Danish pharmaceutical company BK Medical has agreed to pay a record fine to the US authorities to avoid a possible corruption trial. BK and its US partner, Analogic Corp will pay nearly $15m…
More‘Français françaises nous sommes avec vous’
Scores of people were killed Thursday night when a terrorist driving a large truck plowed through a Bastille Day crowd in Nice, France. At least 77 people are believed to have been killed….
MoreJensen in Afghanistan: ‘Progress has been made’
During a short stopover in Afghanistan, Thursday, Foreign Minister Kristian Jensen met Danish troops and held talks with President Ashraf Ghani concerning the repatriation of Afghan asylum seekers in Denmark. He later told…
MoreForeign Minister: Brexit ministers need to deliver what they promised
Foreign Minister Kristian Jensen has predicted tough times ahead for the newly-appointed British cabinet ministers handed the job of negotiating Great Britain’s exit from the EU. New British prime minister, Therese May, has…
MoreMinistries accused of abuse of power as agriculture row heats up
The five ministries that covered up sensitive information about the government’s controversial agriculture bill were guilty of an ‘unprecedented abuse of power’, opposition parties claimed yesterday. Berlingske has obtained 70 documents from the…
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