Government’s electric car policy doesn’t match lofty ambitions
The government has a long way to go live up to its goal of phasing out petrol and diesel cars by 2030. New figures show only 524 electric cars were registered during the…
MoreCopenhagen aims to be fossil free by 2025
Prime Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen last week proposed a ban on the sale of new petrol and diesel cars from 2030 in his opening speech to parliament to reduce carbon emissions but the…
MoreDenmark looks for new best-friend following Brexit
Since the UK voted to leave the EU in June 2016, Danish ministers have travelled the continent looking for new friends – with limited success, according to Social Liberal MEP Morten Helveg Petersen…
MoreDanske Bank shares take a dive as money laundering investigation widens
Danske Bank shares took another dive, Friday, and are fast becoming Europe’s worst financial stock. Investors are deserting Denmark’s biggest bank following the money laundering scandal. Shares fell as much as 11 percent…
MoreCopenhagen to get new residential island
Copenhagen is set to get a new island and residential district that will house 35,000 residents – but not before 2070. Prime Minister Lars Lokke Rasmussen announced plans, Friday, for the new island,…
MoreThe Week That Was, October 1st–7th, 2018
Politics/Economy: Prime Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen mapped out the government’s political platform in an opening speech to parliament seen by many as the start of the election campaign. During a heated opening debate…
MoreForeign Minister denounces Russian hacking
Russia’s disregard of international laws is ‘totally unacceptable’, Foreign Minister Anders Samuelsen said yesterday as the US Justice Department accused Russian agents of involvement in a series of cyber plots across the globe…
MoreTop Danish swimmer smeared by Russian agents
Top Danish swimmer Pernille Blume was one of the athletes at the centre of a smear campaign by Russian agents in 2016, who falsely claimed she had used banned or performance-enhancing drugs. Ms Blume…
MoreDenmark, Austria struggling with refugee transit centre plan
After months of trying Denmark and Austria still haven’t found a country outside the EU prepared to house failed asylum seekers. At a Copenhagen press conference alongside her Austrian counterpart, Herbert Kickl, Wednesday,…
MoreRefugee problem dominates opening debate
Nine out of ten refugees who come to Denmark end up staying here permanently, which is ‘untenable’ in the long run, Prime Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen said during a heated opening debate in…
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