Fringe parties call for legalisation of hard drugs
The pro-business Liberal Alliance and far-left Red/Greens, the polar opposites of Danish politics, have joined together to support a radical proposal by the Alternatives to decriminalise hard drugs for personal use. According to…
MoreMajor loopholes in tax controls
The lack of internal controls at the Tax Ministry could have paved the way for widespread fraud such as the Britta Nielsen scandal according to a yet to be published report by the…
MoreJensen degraded but not excluded
Kristian Jensen has been given a rap on the knuckles but he isn’t a finished man within the Liberals, party leader Jacob Ellemann Jensen said yesterday after briefing MPs on the situation surrounding…
MoreForeign Minister on green mission in India
Foreign Minister Jeppe Kofod has arrived in India for a two-day visit where green issues and Denmark’s climate goals will be high on the agenda. The Minister will hold talks with his Indian…
MoreBusiness shorts
Maersk Drilling and French oil company Total have announced plans to drill the deepest offshore well in history off the south west African coast. As part of a campaign that aims to strengthen…
MoreDenmark moves ahead with Iraq training mission
Although the majority of Danish personnel have been relocated from the Al-Asad air base in western Iraq that was attacked by Iranian war planes last week, Denmark is still ready to assume leadership…
MoreDenmark gives DKK5m to strengthen Iraq’s judicial system
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs, alongside the United Nations Investigative Team to Promote Accountability for Crimes Committed by Da’esh/ISIL (UNITAD) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to implement a project aimed at strengthening…
MoreDanish jet fuel supplier helped Russian military circumvent sanctions
New information reveals that Danish company Dan-Bunkering made suspicious, multi-million payments to help Russian companies circumvent sanctions. Based on U.S. court documents, DR News reports how Dan Bunkering, already heavily implicated in a…
MoreKristian Jensen, dumped by his own party, praised by PM
Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen has praised Kristian Jensen’s call for more long-term, across the centre, reform policy to finance future expenditure on welfare, infrastructure, and green conversion. The former deputy Liberal leader was…
MoreEx-minister looks for job outside politics
Under pressure former foreign minister Kristian Jensen is reportedly considering whether to quit politics to become head of the Sports Confederation of Denmark (SCF). The current chairman of SCF steps down next year and…
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