PM defends immigration policy on CNN
In an interview on global news network CNN last night Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen was grilled by leading journalist Christiane Amanpour about Denmark’s role in the climate battle but also the country’s strict…
MoreGovernment ready to compensate cod fishers
A cross party major is ready to come to the rescue of Danish fishermen whose livelihood is threatened after the EU proposed slashing fishing quotas in the Baltic Sea. According to reports the…
MoreAbused boys get DKK300,000
28 of the so-called ‘Godhavns Boys’ who were beaten, abused and subjected to medical experiments when placed in a children’s home on Bornholm between 1946-76 have each been granted DKK300,000 in compensation from…
MoreDanish F-16s patrol NATO’s eastern border
Since joining NATO’s Baltic Air Policing mission in Lithuania the Royal Danish Air Force (RDAF) has been extremely active. Aviation site Key.Aero reports how the RDAF detachment of four F-16 fighter jets 60…
MoreVirus updates
564 new corona cases were reported Monday, 20 up on the previous day. 36,351 people were tested, providing a positivity rate of 1.55%. At the same time the number of patients hospitalised by…
MoreSteep rise in inflation
Inflation has hit a 9-year high. The latest Statistics Denmark figures the consumer price index rose 2.2 percent year-on-year in September, the highest since November 2012, following a 1.8 percent increase in August….
MoreTrade surplus decrease
The balance of payments surplus decreased in August. The latest Statistics Denmark figures show the overall trade surplus fell to DKK11bn ($1.6bn) in August from DKK 11.5bn in July. Exports increased 0.8 percent…
MoreFogh urges Liberals to fight ‘ultra-red’ government
Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen is presiding over the most ‘ultra-red’ government for decades according to one of her predecessors, ex-NATO secretary general Anders Fogh Rasmussen who as a guest speaker at the Liberals’…
MoreEx-PM ‘disappointed’ in Løkke – We don’t need new parties
At the Liberals’ (Venstre) conference, Sunday, former prime minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen said he was ‘very disappointed’ with his successor as both party leader and PM, Lars Løkke Rasmussen, who quit the party…
MoreLiberal leader apologises for two years of chaos
Liberal (Venstre) leader Jacob Ellemann-Jensen has apologised for a turbulent past two years that saw the party nosedive in the polls following the departure of a number of leading members, including former prime…
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