PM defends decision not to suspend advisors implicated by Minkgate
Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen has again dismissed calls to suspend the ten top civil servants who the Mink Commission concluded should be held accountable for the decision to exterminate the entire Danish mink population….
MorePM’s cover-up?
Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen said yesterday she won’t make any decision about the ten top civil servants heavily implicated in the Minkgate scandal until the Employee Competency Agency’s report is finished but at…
MoreConservative leader close to PM decision
As the election draws closer Søren Pape Poulsen is under increasing pressure to reveal whether he’s a candidate for prime minister. Parties on the right have urged the Conservative Party leader, ranked by…
MoreLeft-wingers demand super-tax on energy companies
Parliament’s two most left-wing parties have called for a ’super tax’ on energy companies that are earning ‘obscene’ profits from the energy crisis. According to the Socialist People’s Party (SPP) and Red/Green Alliance,…
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7/11 confirms hacker attack….Vestas reports major Q2 loss…..Copenhagen Airport enjoys busiest month since lockdown…. Convenience store 7-Eleven’s head office in Denmark has confirmed that a ransomware attack was behind the closure of 175…
MorePM faces new Minkgate grilling
Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen faces a new grilling about the Minkgate affair today when she appears before parliament’s Granskningsudvalget (Oversight Committee) to explain why ten leading civil servants, including her closest advisor, Barbara…
MoreDanish military instructors to train Ukrainian troops
The government has confirmed its offer to train Ukrainian troops despite opposition from the Russian Embassy (see below). After Defence Minister Morten Bødskov said ahead of the summer break that Denmark should play…
MoreRussian embassy denounces training mission
The Russian embassy in Copenhagen has issued a stern response to the news that Denmark will train Ukrainian soldiers. In a mail to TV2 News, Ambassador Vladimir Barbin said the government’s move, alongside…
MoreZelenskyj speaks to Copenhagen donors confefence
Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyj will give the opening speech, via a video link, to the international donors conference that gets underway in Copenhagen this morning. Minister of Defence Morten Bødskov, his Ukrainian counterpart…
MoreInflation hits 13% but no help for consumers
Inflation hit a 39-year-high in July but there’ll be no financial compensation offered to struggling consumers, Finance Minister Nikolaj Wammen said yesterday in response to new figures showing prices rose by 8.7% last…
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