US Ambassador sends NATO warning to Denmark
The USA’s soon to be ex-ambassador to Denmark, Carla Sands, has warned that Denmark needs to correct ‘serious deficiencies’ in its armed forces. In an op-ed piece in Berlingske this morning Ms Sands…
MoreDPP: Deport criminal families
As part of a return to the hardline anti-immigrant policy that made it the biggest party on the right five years ago the Danish People’s Party (DPP) has called for the families of…
MoreVirus figures up…and down
The number of daily registered corona cases dropped below 1,000, Sunday, after Saturday’s record high of 1,636. 256 virus patients are currently hospitalised but there were five fatalities over the Saturday-Sunday period, bringing…
MoreMillions of minks could be dug up
In the latest twist to the Mingate scandal the government is considering the possibility of digging up millions of dead mink that in some locations have started to ‘rise from the grave’. As…
MoreEmbassies refuse to pay parking fines
Foreign embassies in Copenhagen have run up DKK150,00 (€20,000) in unpaid parking tickets and there’s little chance of the authorities collecting the money. A spokesman for the city’s parking department said: “Diplomats have…
MoreRise in average income
The average person in this country earns just over DKK20,000 ($3,000) a month after tax. New Statistics Denmark figures show the average disposable annual income in 2019 was DKK243.400, a 2.7% increase on…
MoreGreenland PM loses leadership battle
Greenland’s Prime Minister Kim Kielsen is no longer leader of his own Siumut party after losing a run off with challenger Erik Jensen, Sunday. The leadership battle came after months of crisis within the…
MoreThe Week That Was, November 23rd – November 29th 2020:
Coronavirus/ What happened last week: Health Minister Magnus Heunicke said older people, essential workers, and the chronically ill will be the first in line to get a vaccination against corona, possibly as early…
MoreFirst of 15 million vaccines may arrive in December
Older people, essential workers, and the chronically ill will be the first in line to get a vaccination against corona, Health Minister Magnus Heunicke said at a press conference last night where he…
MorePrime Minister breaks down after visit to mink farm
Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen was in tears at an emotional press conference in north Jutland yesterday after visiting a mink farmer and his son who lost their livelihood following the government’s order to…
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