Government aiming for ‘blue’ deal despite dissension from allies
The government is determined to bring the ‘blue bloc’ majority together on its 2025 economic plan published last week despite initial warnings from both the Danish People’s Party (DPP) and Liberal Alliance that…
MoreNew poll: Government heading for defeat
The Liberal-led centre-right alliance would lose power if an election was held today. A new Voxmeter poll for Ritzau News, taken last week as the government launched its 2025 long-term economic agenda, shows…
MoreDPP demands detention for paperless asylum seekers
Asylum seekers who arrive in Denmark with no ID should be placed in detention – the latest proposal from the Danish People’s Party. The party’s integration spokesman, Martin Henriksen, who was in Australia…
MoreVacant jobs but no takers
Many Danish companies have jobs available but are unable to find the manpower they need. A new report by the Confederation of Danish Industries (DI), based on feedback from 7,000 companies, reveals a…
MoreNew York Times reports on racial hostility in Denmark
Denmark’s anti-immigrant stance has again created a stir abroad. Led by a front page article in the international version of the New York Times – ‘I’ve Become a Racist: Migrant Wave Unleashes Danish…
MoreDenmark funds $2m aid for South Sudanese refugees
The UN Refugee Agency, UNHCR, will spend DKK13m ($2m) from Denmark’s emergency fund to assist 100,000 displaced South Sudanese who have fled the war-torn country. 80,000 have fled to Uganda where the Danish…
MoreBangladesh looks for Danish partnerships
Bangladesh and Denmark have agreed to continue working together in the areas of mutual interest including green growth, climate change, development and trade & investments. At a Copenhagen meeting, Monday, Foreign Minister Kristian…
MorePM announces new aid policy
Danish development aid will in future be based on a ‘quid quo pro’ policy, Prime Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen has warned. Only those countries that express a willingness to repatriate their own citizens…
MoreChristiania fights back against organised crime
Christiania residents joined together to tear down all cannabis stalls on the notorious ‘Pusher Street’, Friday, after Prime Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen said the brutal shooting of a police officer two days previously…
MorePolice shooting not linked to terror
There is no evidence to support the claim that last week’s shooting in Christiania was terror related, Copenhagen Police said, Sunday The jihadist-linked Amaq news agency quoted an unnamed source, Friday, who said…
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