Denmark donates money, equipment to Lebanon
The Foreign Ministry has made a DKK12m ($1.9 million) emergency donation to Lebanon following the two explosions that rocked Beirut, Tuesday. Additionally the Danish Emergency Management Agency (Beredskabsstyrelse) is also sending 600 chemical…
MoreTravel warning for Spain
The Foreign Ministry has advised against all non-essential travel to Spain, based on the current assessment of COVID-19 risks in the country. Danes already in Spain can continue their holiday but will be…
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Denmark losing out in tech race…..Japan wind energy deal…Novo posts profit despite corona….Thai Airways sending repatriation planes to Copenhagen… Denmark is lagging far behind in terms of becoming a technological leader. A new…
MoreParties query China police deal
A bilateral police training agreement between Denmark and China has set the alarm bells ringing at Christiansborg (parliament). Under the partnership signed in 2015 with China’s Ministry of Public Security, the governing police authority of…
MoreChinese surveillance cameras on Danish ships
88 surveillance cameras purchased from a Chinese security company banned in the U.S. have been installed on the Danish Navy’s two biggest warships, stoking fears of snooping. Although Hikvision, which calls itself the world’s…
MoreAmericans given money to go home
Five U.S. nationals have been given money by the Danish state to return home under the repatriation scheme normally reserved for refugees from hard-hit countries such as Syria, Somalia, or Iraq. Although it’s…
MoreGovernment steps back from decision to accept 500 UN refugees
The government will only accept 200 UN quota refugees this year, all from Rwanda, even though money was appropriated in the 2020 budget for 500. Integration Minister Mattias Resfaye said there are still…
MoreAnti-immigrant parties squabble over right-wing credentials
In his new role as the Danish People’s Party’s deputy leader, Morten Messerchmidt has become embroiled in a war of words with Pernille Vermund, head of the anti-immigrant ‘New Right’ who’s accused the…
MoreVirus updates
Infections continue to rise….Consumer spending close to Sweden’s despite lockdown….. There were 112 new cases of corona, Tuesday, the highest daily figure for three months as the virus continued its upward trajectory. However…
MoreDanish Navy joins Arctic training exercise
Danish naval ships are currently taking part in an Arctic drill alongside the U.S. Navy and Coast Guard, the Canadian armed forces, the Royal Dutch Navy and the French navy. The Nanook-Tuugaalik 2020…
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