Local council spends DKK80,000 on sign to celebrate Ramadan
‘Red Square’ in Nørrebro, Copenhagen has been decorated with an 18-metre-long electric sign to commemorate the Islamic holy month of Ramadan that started, Sunday. The sign has cost DKK150,000, with just under half…
MoreNumber of benefits claimants at all-time low
The number of social assistance recipients is at an all-time low. The latest Statistics Denmark figures show there were only 91,300 benefits claimants at the start of the year, half as many as 2015 and the…
More4 dead as parrot fever spreads
Four people in this country have died from psittacosis, commonly known as parrot fever, since December – all were over the age of 65. A further 17 people have been hospitalised, 15 with…
MoreTax scam trial gets underway
The long-awaited trial of Sanjay Shah finally got underway at Glostup District Court, Monday. The British financier is one of nine British and US nationals accused of defrauding Denmark out of billions of…
MoreConservative leader’s funeral sparks media debate
The role of the media played a significant tole when 2,000 mourners paid their last respects to Søren Pape Poulsen in Viborg, Saturday, the deceased Conservative leader’s hometown. 800 people gathered in Viborg…
MoreDanish frigate intercepts Houthi drones in Red Sea
The Danish frigate deployed in the Red Sea shot down four drones during a massive attack by Yemeni Houthis, Saturday. Defence Minister Troels Lund Poulsen confirmed that both the Iver Huitfeldt and its…
MoreForeign Minister joins condemnation of new West Bank settlements
Foreign Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen has publicly condemned the Israeli government’s plan to construct 3,500 new settlement units in the West Bank. In a message on social media X, the former prime minister…
MoreNew Ukraine ambassador aims to stop Faroes’ fishing deal with Russia
Ukraine’s new ambassador to Denmark has warned he will be putting pressure on the Faroe Islands to discontinue their fishing agreement with Russia. Andrii Yanevskyi, who replaced Mykhailo Vydoinyk at the end of…
MoreMunitions factory costs explode
The planned renovation of a former ammunition factory in Elling could be far more costly than originally estimated. The Danish Defence Ministry agreed last November to pay DKK 19.6m ($2.8m) to buy back the…
MorePan-Nordic defence of NATO’s far north border
Denmark and its Nordic neighbours – Finland, Norway, and Sweden – have opened a combined air operations centre (CAOC) aimed at protecting NATO’s northern flank. The Ministry of Defence said last week that…
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