Støjberg wins first round of impeachment battle
Former immigration minister Inger Støjberg has won the first round in the legal battle surrounding the child-brides affair after judges at the Impeachment Court ruled yesterday that misleading parliament doesn’t warrant a harsher…
MoreMP covered up political donations
Confidential bank transfers in the ‘Britt Bagger’ affair reveal how the Conservative MP tried to circumvent political donation rules, Politiken reports this morning. In 2019 two Red/Green Alliance MPs reported Ms Bager, the…
MoreGovernment gives DKK25m in corona aid to Morocco but no ‘quid pro quo’
During a visit to Morocco, Tuesday, Foreign Minister Jeppe Kofod agreed to give the North African nation an extra DKK25m ($3.8m) in corona aid for the most vulnerable groups. At a press conference…
MoreDanes pay highest taxes in the EU
Denmark is the highest tax paying country in the EU. The latest Taxation Trends in the European Union report shows that at 46.1%, the Danish state’s overall income as a percentage of GDP is…
MoreDenmark buys 1.1m vaccines from Romania
Denmark has agreed to purchase 1.1m doses of Pfizer and BioNTech corona vaccines from Romania. The Health Ministry said in a press release it has been given the opportunity to buy surplus supplies…
MoreInfections up but hospitalisations down – Delta variant on the rise
There was a spike in corona infections, Tuesday, with 243 new cases reported over the 24-hour period based on 68.919 PCR tests, a positivity rate of 0.35%, the highest for two weeks. However,…
MoreFemale entrepreneurs charged more for loans
Female business owners in this country have been paying higher interest rates on their loans than their male counterparts. A new study by the National Bank reveals that women pay 1 percentage point…
MoreDK-UK asylum seeker plan ‘inhumane, nasty’
Foreign Minister Jeppe Kofod acknowledged yesterday that Denmark has held talks with Great Britain, and also Norway, regarding offshore processing centres for asylum seekers, with Rwanda a prime candidate. Up until now Denmark…
MoreKofod: Islamic State hasn’t gone away
Foreign Minister Jeppe Kofod has warned of the continuing risk posed by the Islamic State (ISIS) and the threat of terrorist attacks leading to new waves of migration. At a meeting in Rome,…
MoreInfrastructure deal with focus on climate
As reported, Monday, the government has reached a broad agreement on an ambitious DKK 160bn (€21.5bn) transport infrastructure plan aimed at reducing congestion, strengthening public transport, and creating better conditions for a smooth…
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