UN High Commissioner in Copenhagen: ‘Restrictive asylum policies marginalise refugees’
The refugee situation topped the agenda when UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi was in Copenhagen this week for talks with Foreign Minister Anders Samuelsen, Development Aid Minister Ulla Tørnæs, and Integration…
MoreDenmark the final hold-out on Nord Stream 2
Denmark is the last country in Europe that has failed to green light the construction of the controversial Nord Stream 2 pipeline after the Swedish government approved the project that will carry Russian gas…
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Ørsted sheds Dutch power plant in move towards green energy / Carlsberg to go public in India Ørsted, formerly DONG, has signed a deal to sell its 50 percent ownership of gas-fired power…
MoreIntegration minister defends asylum kids policy
Hard-line Integration Minister Inger Støjberg has rejected calls to improve conditions for children at the Sjælsmark Transit Centre, north of Copenhagen. Opposition parties had summoned the minister to a parliamentary consultation, Tuesday, to…
MoreLøkke welcomes Trump’s diplomacy
Prime Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen welcomed the joint statement signed by Donald Trump and Kim Jong Un, Tuesday, as a ‘diplomatic breakthrough’ but offered a note of caution. After the two leaders offered…
MorePM embarrassed by cocaine selfie
Lars Løkke Rasmussen has been embarrassed by a photo in which he’s seen standing between two young men, one of whom is holding a small bag of cocaine above the prime minister’s head….
MoreTransport Minister: Muslim bus drivers are no safety threat
Fasting Muslim bus drivers pose no threat to public safety, Transport Minister Ole Birk Olesen said yesterday in an official response to the Social Democrats’ integration spokesman Mattias Tesfaye. After Integration Minister Inger…
MoreCulture minister’s World Cup trip ‘a show of support for Putin’s propaganda’
Culture Minister Mette Bock (LA) has been accused of supporting Vladimar Putin’s propaganda by travelling to Russia to watch Denmark play in the World Cup that gets underway tomorrow. Ms Boch’s decision has…
MoreDefence minister: Trump’s tariffs will have no effect on Danish defence spending
Defence Minister Claus Hjort Frederiksen isn’t concerned that the furore surroundig President Trump’s threat to impose tarrifs on the EU will affect Denmark’s plan to invest heavily in American defence technologies. Speaking to…
MoreFaroes push for free trade deal with Russia
Despite Denmark’s cool relationship with Russia right now, the Faroe Islands, a Danish dependency, are targeting a free trade deal with Moscow next year to cement their place as Russia’s biggest foreign supplier…
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