Government joins call for Belarus sanctions
Ahead of yesterday’s EU summit the government called for ‘targeted and consequential’ sanctions against Belarus after a Ryanair flight from Greece was diverted to Minsk so journalist Roman Protasevich could be arrested. The…
MoreImmigrants convicted of crime spree but avoid deportation
Opposition parties have called on Justice Minister Nick Hækkerup to explain why two young immigrants found guilty of 644 separate criminal offences weren’t deported. The two young men were given shorter prison sentences…
MoreDenmark to donate 3 million vaccines
Denmark is ready to donate at least three million vaccines to developing countries via the international COVAX scheme. Ahead of yesterday’s EU summit Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen said the government hasn’t yet decided…
MoreVirus updates
919 new corona cases were reported, Monday, the third day in a row the daily figures have dipped below 1,000. Monday’s data was based on 144,602 tests, indicating a slight rise in the positivity…
MoreDenmark and Germany stand alone on quota trading
Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen has a strong ‘green’ ally in Germany’s Chancellor Merkel but the two are facing an uphill struggle trying to reform the EU’s Emissions Trading System (ETS). At the current…
MoreGerman praise for Vestager: ‘One of Europe’s most powerful women’
Denmark’s Executive Vice President of the European Commission Margrethe Vestager is characterised as one of the brightest stars in Brussels and one of Europe’s most powerful women by Germany international broadcaster DW News…
MoreDefence Minister inspects troops in Iraq
Foreign Minister Trine Bramsen made an official inspection of Danish troops in Iraq, Sunday. Denmark assumed leadership of NATO Mission Iraq (NMI) in late 2020. Ms Bramsen said in a prepared statement: “The…
MoreJobless figures down
The unemployment queue is shorter today than it was before the epidemic hit Denmark 14 months ago. The latest figures show 131,033 people were registered unemployed last week, 173 fewer than March 2020…
MoreIntegration Minister pulls back on refugee centre proposal
Integration Minister Mattias Tesfaye has assured concerned residents of Langeland that the government won’t attempt to ‘ram through’ legislation to situate a new holding centre for failed asylum and criminal immigrants on the…
MoreUS drops Trump’s Greenland speculation
The U.S. is no longer interested in buying Greenland. Ex-president Donald Trump speculated about buying Greenland from Denmark in 2019 and later cancelled a state visit to Copenhagen when the offer was dismissed…
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