EU focus on Arctic region
Following a fact-finding trip to Denmark, Greenland, and Iceland last week a delegation of the European Parliament’s Foreign Affairs Committee has stressed the importance of the Arctic region to Europe. Chair of the…
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Rise in infections as virus starts to spread again…’R’ rate, positivity rate, up….All over 65s to be offered booster shot….Travel industry urges Ministry to drop restrictions…. There was a spike in infections, Tuesday,…
MoreCorona boost for Lego as adults stay at home
The corona epidemic has been kind to Lego. The global toy giant has published half yearly-figures showing a 140% increase in net profit during the first half of 2021, to DKK6.3bn, as sales…
MoreDanish shares head south
The Copenhagen Stock Market took a battering, Tuesday, as the trend-setting C25 index of ‘blue-chip’ shares fell by 2.5%, the biggest single-day drop since May and the 3rd day in a row the…
MoreImmigration Minister’s visit to refugee detention centre a ‘waste of time’
Immigration Minister Mattias Tesfaye’s ’fact-finding’ visit, Monday, to the much-maligned Kærshovedgård holding centre for failed asylum seekers and criminal refugees awaiting deportation was dismissed as a waste of time by local residents and…
MoreGreenland’s foreign affairs minister takes the rap for ethnicity remarks
Greenland’s controversial foreign affairs minister, Pele Broberg, has been demoted following criticism of his recent interview with Berkingske. Head of the home rule administration, 34-year-old Mute Bourup Egede, will assume responsibility for foreign…
More8,000 jobless immigrants could be exempt from government’s crackdown
4 out of 10 unemployed immigrants could be exempt from the government’s ‘no work, no welfare’ scheme. Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen presented a wide range of proposals earlier this month aimed at getting more…
MoreJustice Ministry admits new snooping legislation could be knocked back by EU
A new bill that would allow telecom companies to maintain logs of all mobile calls, text messages, and which transmitter the phone was connected to at the time, risks being rejected by the…
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333 new corona cases were registered, Monday, 20 fewer than the previous day. The positivity rate of the nearly 27,000 people tested was 1.24, a slight decrease – more concerningly, the number of…
More2,500 foreign troops descend on Denmark for ‘Operation Night Hawk’
Denmark is hosting Northern Europe’s biggest military exercise for special forces over the next 10 days. 2,500 foreign troops from 13 nations will take part in ‘Operation Night Hawk’ in North Jutland, alongside…
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