DPP whip leads defections to new party
One of the Danish People´s Party’s (DPP) most prominent names has officially joined Inger Støjberg’s Denmark’s Democrats, becoming the first MP to represent the new party at Christiansborg (Parliament). Peter Skaarup was one…
MoreGloomy outlook for Danish economy
There’s little optimism in a new report on the economy from Statistics Denmark. The latest figures show the retail industry’s turnover and business sector expectations have declined. Retail sales fell in June by…
MoreFewer want to be teachers, nurses
Denmark is facing a shortage of 35,000 kindergarten teachers, schoolteachers, nurses and social workers by 2030. The 2022 university/college enrollment figures, released Thursday, showed 60,034 students have been accepted for a course of…
MoreTobacco giant sues Health Ministry
British American Tobacco, the world’s second-biggest cigarette producer, is suing the Danish Health Ministry for ‘damaging public health.’ According to the tobacco giant, which sells around 500 billion cigarettes annually, the Danish parliament ‘impaired…
MoreDanish Health Authority’s vaccination policy criticised as infections rise
The Danish Health Authority has been acccused of putting lives at risk for waiting too long to give elderly citizens their fourth jab against corona. Infections are on the rise amongst the very…
MoreItalians enraged by fatal accident involving Danish speedboat
Last weekend’s tragic accident when a Danish speedboat crashed into a sailing yacht off the coast of Tuscany has aroused anger and resentment in Italy. An art gallery owner was killed and the…
MoreAnalyst: Russian gas cutback linked to war
There’s no doubt that Russia’s state-owned Gazprom’s decision to drastically cut gas deliveries to Europe via the Nord Stream pipeline is closely linked to the war in Ukraine, one of Denmark’s top military analysts…
MoreSexual abuse in armed forces has been ignored for years
Top military officials have failed, Chief of Defence, General Flemming Lentfer, said last night after a number of female soldiers revealed in a TV investigative journalism show how reports of sexual abuse and…
MoreVaccinations plus previous infection provide high rate of protection against new corona variants
The Omicron variant BA.5 is the most dominant strain of corona in Denmark right now but three jabs and a previous infection can provide up to 94% protection, according to a new study…
MoreTour de France winner gets hero’s welcome
Denmark’s Tour de France winner Jonas Vingegaard was greeted by tens of thousands of people on the streets of Copenhagen, Wednesday, as he rode in an open-top car from the airport to a…
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