Parties urge Business Minister to investigate Russia House
Parties on the right have urged Business Minister Morten Bødskov to investigate why the Russian House cultural institution in Copenhagen has been allowed to continue its activities despite being on the EU sanctions…
MoreMinister and MPs delete Tiktok after cybersecurity warnings
Several political parties have told members of parliament to delete the TikTok app from their phones, following the Centre for Cybersikkerhed’s recent warning to all state employees against using the Chinese-owned social video-sharing…
MoreDocumentary: Saxo Bank laundered Russian money via high risk partnerships
Leading Danish trading and investment bank, Saxo, is facing a money laundering scandal after a TV2 documentary revealed its involvement with Russian oligarchs and high-risk Eastern European partner banks. More than DKK 100bn…
MoreThe Week That Was, February 20th – 26th 2023
Politics/Economy: A new Epinion poll for DR News showed the three coalition parties, collectively, would lose 20 seats and their overall majority if an election was held right now. Former defence minister Claus…
MoreForeign Minister: ‘I’m just as Ukrainian as the Ukrainians’
The war in Ukraine won’t be over until Crimea is back in Ukrainian hands, Foreign Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen said in an interview with Weekendavisen ahead of today’s anniversary of the Russian invasion….
MoreLøkke in talks with Ukraine minister at UN
Foreign Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen held a brief meeting with his Ukrainian counterpart, Dmytro Kuleba, on the sidelines of a UN meeting in New York, Thursday where, on the eve of the first…
MoreParliament bathed in yellow and blue today
The iconic tower that rises above Christiansborg, the Danish parliament, will be lit up in yellow and blue today to mark the anniversary of the invasion of Ukraine. At the same time there…
MorePolish PM thanks Denmark
Polish prime minister, Mateusz Morawiecki, has personally thanked Denmark for supporting Ukraine. Following talks with his Danish counterpart, Mette Frederiksen, in Copenhagen, Thursday, on the eve of the first anniversary of Russia’s invasion…
MoreUnions in May 1st dispute with unions
Four local trade unions have excluded Social Democrat politicians from their traditional May 1st International Workers’ Day celebrations in protest against the government’s plan to scrap the Great Prayer Day public holiday and…
MoreDesperate health authorities drop language demands on foreign nurses
Nurses from abroad will no longer be required to pass a stiff Danish language exam to work in the Danish health sector, part of the government’s DKK 2bn emergency agreement with regional health…
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