The Week That Was, January 16th – January 22nd 2017
Politics/Economy A new voter migration study revealed the Danish People’s Party (DPP) is losing support at an alarming rate – 41,000 DPP voters have crossed over to the Social Democrats in the wake…
MoreForeign Minister defends no-vote on nuclear weapons
Denmark voted no to a UN resolution on a unilateral nuclear weapons ban last year because it didn’t want to undermine NATO, Foreign Minister Anders Samuelsen told parliament’s Foreign Policy Committee, Thursday. The Minister had…
MoreLøkke greets gang leader
Prime Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen unwittingly shook hands with a notorious gang leader during a fact-finding visit to the crime-ridden Vollsmose social housing complex in Odense, Thursday. Ahead of his walkabout to take…
MoreForeign Minister’s U-turn on Armenian genocide
It’s historians who will ultimately decide whether Armenians suffered genocide at the hands of Turks in 1915, Foreign Minister Anders Samuelsen said yesterday just seven months after his own party urged the Liberal…
MoreDenmark’s ‘inadequate’ supervision of financial sector
A yet to be published international report raises serious concerns about Denmark’s efforts to combat money laundering and terrorist financing. A draft of the report by the Financial Action Task Force (FATF), obtained…
MoreUS Ambassador touts political future
US Ambassador Rufus Gifford is leaving Denmark today but isn’t leaving politics. In an interview with TV2 News, the Ambassador said the recent election was a ‘game changer’ and his plans today are…
MoreMarch against Trump
Around 1,500 people are expected to march through the streets of Copenhagen, Saturday, in a show of opposition to Donald Trump who becomes the USA’s 45th president today. The demonstation, a sister march…
MoreProtesters attack Iranian embassy
Iran’s Foreign Ministry has summoned the Danish ambassador over an attack on its Copenhagen embassy, according to foreign news reports. The official IRNA news agency said the attack on Thursday involved four Iranian…
MoreFacebook announces Danish investment
Facebook has announced plans to build a 56,500 square metre data center near Odense in central Denmark, its third outside the United States. Facebook executive Niall McEntegart said the facility will be one…
MoreUS Ambassador stirs up controversy on way out – ‘Some Danish politicians are worse than Trump’
Donald Trump’s views on Muslim immigration and warmer relations with Russia aren’t just an American phenomenon, according to soon to be ex-US Ambassador Rufus Gifford – they’re also echoed in this country. In…
More
Danish Krone Exchange Rate