Lawmakers condemn Russia following Bucha massacre
Danish politicians have joined the international condemnation of Russia following disturbing video images of mass graves and bodies lining the streets of the Ukrainian town of Bucha, outside Kyiv. After Ukraine’s government called…
MorePolitiken: Issue an arrest order against war criminal Putin NOW….
The atrocities committed by Russian troops in Bucha should lead to an immediate international arrest warrant for President Putin, according to Politiken. The left-leaning daily writes in a hard-hitting editorial this morning: “Carla del…
MoreWar despatches
Left-wingers call for crisis tax…..Demonstration against ‘racist’ refugee policy….Immigration Ministry amends refugee allocation policy following Ukraine influx….Pension industry pledges support for military build-up… The Socialist People’s Party has proposed a new ’crisis tax’…
MoreEx-DPP leader joins forces with Støjberg but no new party
Ex-Danish People’s Party (DPP) leader Kristian Thulesen Dahl has dismissed speculation he’s starting a new political party alongside former immigration minister Inger Støjberg. DPP members have demanded ‘straight answers’ after the two politicians…
MoreIran’s ambassador demands apology for mistreatment of failed asylum seeker
The Iranian Embassy has made a formal protest to the Foreign Ministry following allegations that an Iranian woman facing deportation was forcibly sedated by the Danish authorities and manhandled by the police. In…
MoreVirus updates
Only 2,080 new corona cases were confirmed, Sunday, as 16,63% of the 12,508 PCR tests taken over the 24-hour period came back positive. Although the number of people hospitalised rose by 12, to…
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Energy giant dismisses Putin’s roubles demand….3 Danish companies on Time’s top-100 influencers…DK/Georgia sustainable energy deal…. Ørsted has said it has no intention of paying for Russian gas in roubles, after Russia demanded foreign…
MoreThe Week That Was, March 28th – April 3rd 2022:
Ukraine crisis: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelinsky told the Danish parliament, Tuesday, that Europe must tighten sanctions on Russia by blocking trade, stopping buying oil, and closing ports to Russian ships – speaking via…
MoreGovernment rejects Putin’s gas-for-roubles demand.
Denmark has rejected Russia’s gas-for-roubles demand. After President Putin told ‘unfriendly’ foreign countries they must start paying for gas in roubles or supplies will be cut, the Foreign Ministry said last night: “The…
MoreDenmark adds 800-troop battalion to NATO’s Baltic defence
NATO has formally asked Denmark to send a battalion of 800 soldiers to Latvia to strengthen the western alliance’s eastern flank. Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen confirmed the request during a visit to Latvia,…
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