Government’s backers urge PM to hand over computer as textgate scandal grows
The government’s support party, the Social Liberals, have called on the Prime Minister to hand over her computer and iPad to the police who have been asked by the Mink Commission to try and…
MoreLiberals call for tax relief to ease manpower shortage
The shortage of manpower could be alleviated by removing the punitive, top rate of income tax according to the opposition Liberals (Venstre) in an economic turnaround that mirrors the Conservatives and Social Liberal….
MoreCOP26: Denmark leads the way on climate goals for shipping industry
On the first day of the COP26 Climate Conference in Glasgow, Monday, Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen put forward a declaration to reduce emissions by the global maritime sector to zero by 2050. The…
MoreNew job for ex-spy boss
Top-ranking civil servant Thomas Ahrenkiel, who was set to become Denmark’s new ambassador to Germany in 2020 before being suspended pending an investigation into allegations of espionage in the armed services, is leaving…
MoreDenmark tops governance index
Denmark is number 1 on the ‘Future Governance Index’ (FGI) a new global ranking described as ‘the first independent index of its kind to take a future-focused perspective towards measuring, ranking and analysing…
MoreVirus updates
1,457 new corona cases were reported Monday as the daily infection figures stabilised following the recent spike. The results were based on 69,555 PCR tests, providing a positivity rate of 2.09%, up on…
MoreBusiness shorts
Christmas turkeys at risk following bird-flu outbreak…..More motorists ‘go green’….Danske Bank shares head south as Q3 profit dips to ‘only’ DKK3bn…. 28,000 turkeys are to be slaughtered today after bird flu was discovered…
MoreMette Frederiksen facing mid-term referendum
This month’s municipal elections are the first chance for voters to give a thumbs-up – or down – to Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen since the 2019 general election and will provide a litmus…
More‘Textgate’: PM knew deleted messages would be needed for probe
Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen was aware her text messages would be needed in a future investigation of the mink cull affair before she deleted them, two leading law professors have claimed. The PM’s…
MoreCOP26: Denmark can lead on climate policy
EU Commissioner for Climate Action Policy Frans Timmermans expects Denmark to play a leading role in future climate policy. Ahead of the COP26 Climate Conference that gets underway in Glasgow today, the Commissioner said Denmark…
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