North Korean forced labourers worked on Danish ship
North Korean forced labourers helped to build a Danish ship, Esvagt Nord, launched by an Esbjerg shipyard 2016. According to a report by the Polish Labour Inspectorate (PIP), obtained by Berlingske, 19 North Korean…
MoreRival pipelines put Denmark at centre of political game
In the midst of tensions with Russia over its plans to build the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline to Germany via Danish territorial waters, Denmark is also heavily involved in the Baltic Pipe,…
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Second-hand Lego bricks contain toxic chemicals / TDC buys out Swedish rival / New Jersey divests Danske Bank assets Lego: British researchers have found that used Lego building bricks contain toxic chemical and…
MoreSoc Dems call for new ‘humane’ refugee policy
Spontaneously arriving asylum seekers would be turned away at the Danish border and sent to a Danish-run reception centre in North Africa or a safe third country, under the terms of a new set of…
MoreNorth African refugee camps ‘unrealistic’
The Danish Refugee Council (DRC) has dismissed the Social Democrats’ call for Danish-run refugee camps in North Africa as ’unrealistic’ and a violation of international conventions. After reading the opposition party’s wide-ranging set…
More1st Romanian criminal extradited – opposition demands more
The first criminal Romanian national has been deported but it’s only a ‘stop gap solution’ according to the Social Democrats. Danish judges have previously ruled that convicted Romanians criminals couldn’t be extradited because…
MoreNew study: Relocating refugees is damaging to integration
Dispersing refugees throughout Denmark so they don’t congregate in struggling social housing districts in bigger cities could do more damage to integration than good, a new study finds. In his New Year speech to…
MorePrince Henrik hit by new illness
Doctors at Copenhagen’s Rigshospital have found a benign tumour in the left lung of Prince Henrik, Queen Margrethe’s husband. The prince, 83, has been a patient at the hospital since Sunday last week…
MoreChina pork deal will boost exports but isn’t a ‘game changer’
The Chinese authorities have approved the import of heat-treated meat from Denmark, which could open up a whole new market for Danish exporters of sausages, salami and canned meats. But while both Tulip,…
MoreDenmark pledges more funding for schools
All children in the world have the right to an education – that was the message from Minister for Development Cooperation Ulla Tørnæs at The Global Partnership for Education (GPE) held in Senega…
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