LA ministers’ low approval ratings
Liberal Alliance ministers figure poorly in a new popularity poll. Party leader, and minister for foreign affairs, Anders Samuelsen, is ranked a lowly 21st out of 22 cabinet ministers in a new YouGov…
MoreImmigration Minister warns of Ramadan dangers
Tough-talking Immigration Minister Inger Støjberg has urged Muslims to take time off work during the religious Ramadan period which got underway last week as the month-long daylight fasting period poses safety hazards in…
MoreLabour shortage: Politicking or reality?
For the first time in a decade there’s a shortage of skilled labour in a wide range of professions. A new recruitment report by The Danish Agency for Labour Market and Recruitment (STAR)…
MoreSweden issues ‘war is coming’ warning
Nearly five million households in neighbouring Sweden will this week receive a public information leaflet issued by the government telling the population what to do in the event of a war. Om krisen…
MoreU.S. to push for nuclear power at Copenhagen clean energy conference
U.S. Energy Secretary Rick Perry won’t be attending the 9th Clean Energy Ministerial (CEM9) and the 3rd Mission Innovation Ministerial (MI-3) that takes place back-to-back in the cities of Copenhagen and Malmö this…
MoreSKAT launches tax scam lawsuit in U.S.
The tax department (SKAT) has initiated legal action in the U.S. over a tax-refund scam that it says wrongly forced it to pay out more than DKK 12.7bn ($2 bn) to agents representing 277…
MoreDenmark ends Council of Europe term
Denmark passed over the Chairmanship of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe to Croatia at a formal ceremony in Elsinore (Helsingør), Friday, attended by representatives of its 47 member States….
MoreDenmark, Greenland host Arctic conference
Foreign Minister Anders Samuelsen and Vivian Motzfeldt, Greenland’s Minister for Education, Culture, Church and Foreign Affairs, will host a high-level, two-day conference in Greenland, starting tomorrow (May 22nd) to mark the 10-year anniversary…
MoreLøkke: Albania and Macedonia not ‘EU -ready’
It’s too early for the EU to start accession negotiations with Albania and Macedonia, Prime Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen said last night after an EU summit with six Balkan countries in Sofia, Bulgaria…
MoreSocial Democrat whip lobbies for Israel
Social Democrat whip Henrik Sass Larsen has again broken with party policy by calling for Israel to be admitted to NATO and the EU. In his new book “Exodus – the way forward…
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