Chinese Embassy criticises NATO boss
The Chinese embassy in Copenhagen has lashed out at NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg for playing up the ‘China threat’ during his visit to Denmark this week. During a short stopover in Copenhagen, Wednesday,…
MorePM had more phones
IT experts have expressed surprise at Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen’s admission that she’s had a number of telephones during her time in office but has no idea what happened to them. At a…
MoreHuman Rights Watch questions Denmark’s deportation policy
A delegation from Human Rights Watch (HRW) will arrive in Denmark next week to discuss the recent increase in deportation of Syrian refugees. Jan Kooy, deputy director of European media at HRW, posted…
MoreCorona restrictions to return?
Head of the Danish Health Authority (DHA) Søren Brostrøm has urged lawmakers to consider reintroducing the corona passport after 2,598 new infections were reported, Thursday, the highest number this year. The ‘virus supremo’ said…
MoreUnions push back on Maersk’s vaccination demand
Trade unions have warned they will urge their members to resist shipping giant A.P. Moller-Maersk’s demand for all its employees at the company’s Copenhagen headquarters to get vaccinated against corona. CEO Søren Skou…
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Lowest home repossesions for 14 years….Climate fund to pump $116 bn into green energy….Orsted inks Vietnam deal… Only 105 homes were repossessed from financially-strapped owners in October, the lowest figure since 2007. Leading…
MorePM on textgate: No cover up
Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen denied last night she was aware the government acted illegally when ordering the mass cull of Denmark’s entire mink herd last November and said she deleted all relevant text…
MoreLiberal leader: Prime Minister is hiding something
While the prime minister placated her allies by denying all responsibility for the ‘textgate’ affair opposition leaders said many unanswered questions remain. Liberal (Venstre) leader Jacob Ellemann-Jensen said he still isn’t convinced the…
MoreHealth Minister under fire
Health Minister Magnus Heunicke has been summoned to appear before parliament’s Legal Affairs Committee today after a memo obtained by Berlingske revealed that he approved an internal government paper last autumn stating directly…
MorePM returns from COP26 in upbeat mood
After spending two days at the COP26 Climate Summit in Glasgow, Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen was back at work, Wednesday, after bringing what she termed both ‘good and bad things’ back to Denmark….
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