Ex-PM: Frederiksen tried to undermine me
As a cabinet minister in the Social Democrat-led government between 2011-15, current prime minister Mette Frederiksen often tried to undermine her old boss, Helle Thorning-Schmidt, according to the ex-PM in her memoirs published…
MoreStøjberg backs DPP on deportation bill
The Danish People’s Party, backed by former hard-line immigration minister Inger Støjberg, have put forward a new bill with the aim of deporting at least 70% of a ’certain group of immigrants’ before…
MoreClimate agreement for agriculture
Following months of negotiations a cross-party majority has reached agreement on a new climate agreement for the agricultural sector. The deal agreed last night by all parties, with the exception of the Red/Greens,…
MoreClimate Minister: Denmark wants to be a global leader
Climate Minister Dan Jørgensen, who last week vowed that no sectors will be exempt from contributing to Denmark’s efforts to cut greenhouse gas emissions by 70% within nine years, continues to lobby for…
MoreDanes ‘socially optimistic’
Ireland and Denmark are the most socially optimistic countries in the EU, according to research agency Eurofound’s Social Optimism Index. The Index, an indicator of optimism among Europeans, measures personal and national expectations,…
MoreVirus updates
380 new corona cases were registered Monday, based on nearly 28,152 tests, a positivity rate of 1.35% and similar to the weekend figures. The number of people hospitalised by Covid rose by 4,…
MoreBusiness shorts
More problems for Danske Bank….Denmark to pay €1bn for Baltic Pipleline….€5bn trade target with Turkey… 140,000 Danske Bank customers could be entitled to compensation after the bank’s internal clean-up operation following the money-laundering…
MoreGovernment accused of Afghanistan ‘flip flop’
Opposition parties have reacted angrily to the government’s proposal to offer residency to Afghanistan men married to more than one wife and in some cases underage girls. Under the terms of the cross-party August…
MoreKofod in Pakistan: We won’t recognise Taleban
During an official visit to Pakistan, Friday, Foreign Minister Jeppe Kofod said Denmark will not recognise the Taliban government in Kabul or turn its back on the people of Afghanistan. Local news sources…
MoreAmbassador returns to Copenhagen – family remains in Washington on ‘sweet deal’
The Foreign Ministry’s highest-ranking civil servant, Lars Gert Lose, has been given a ‘sweet deal’ by being allowed to maintain his ambassadorship privileges while working at the Ministry in Copenhagen. In 2015 Mr…
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