EU ‘concerned’ about increasing Russian, Chinese presence in Arctic
The EU Parliament has expressed concern about Russian and Chinese activities in the Arctic region, home to half a million EU citizens from Finland, Sweden, as well as Denmark through Greenland. Polish MEP…
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607 new corona cases were registered Thursday but the positivity rate dipped slightly, to 1.42% based on 42,242 PCR tests. The number of people hospitalised by Covid rose by 3, to 98. A…
MoreOut of court settlement with tax scammers
The Danish Tax Agency (SKAT) is pursuing more out of court settlements with defendants who illegally claimed DKK2bn in tax refunds as part of the multi-billion share-dividend scam. Denmark was just one of…
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Jyske Bank named in Pandora Papers…..Danish female executive amongst world’s best….Industrial production up… The latest leak of documents by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) reveals how notorious Paruguayan car dealer Genaro…
MoreIslamic State mothers arrive in Denmark
Three Danish mothers and 14 children evacuated from the al-Roj detention camp in Syria arrived in Denmark at 02:57 this morning. The government had originally resisted calls to repatriate them, with Prime Minister…
MoreRacist who abused MP is a convicted drug dealer, armed robber
The Danish racist who verbally abused head of the ’Free Greens’ party Sikandur Siddique and his parents as they left the official opening of parliament, Tuesday, and who has previously claimed that Muslims…
MoreDenmark cool towards EU Balkan expansion
Denmark remains pessimistic about expanding the EU to include Serbia, Kosovo, Albania, Montenegro, North Macedonia, and Bosnia-Herzegovina before 2030. On arrival at the EU-Western Balkans Summit 2021 in Brdo, Slovenia, yesterday Prime Minister…
MoreEmployers: Labour market agreement won’t solve manpower shortage
The government has successfully concluded an agreement with employer organisations, trade unions, and local authorities aimed at easing the lack of manpower. The jobless will be required to seek work every month and…
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Infections up…Positivity rate at 6-week high…..Health authortity pulls Moderna vaccine for under 18s….Life expectancy up despite corona…. 573 new corona cases were registered Wednesday, based on nearly 40,000 PCR tests, a positivity rate…
MoreNørrebro named ‘World’s coolest neighbourhood’
The inner-city Copenhagen district of Nørrebro, the scene of riots and immigrant dissent over the past few years, has been named the ‘coolest neighbourhood in the world’ by British trend magazine Time Out. Norrebro is…
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