Israeli arms inquiry widened
The independent legal inquiry into the Elbit affair has been widened and subsequently delayed, the Defence Ministry announced yesterday. Former defence minister Jacob Ellemann-Jensen quit in October following accusations of misleading parliament over the controversial…
MorePopulist Swedish, Danish parties in EU partnership
The far-right Sweden Democrats have reached out to the Denmark’s Democrats Party about a possible partnership in the upcoming EU election campaign. The nationalist Swedish party’s leading candidate for MEP, Charlie Weimers, told…
MoreNordic Waste clean-up spells financial disaster for local authority
Randers municipality has warned of a pending ‘financial disaster’ if the state doesn’t help with more money for the clean-up operation following January’s landslide at a local reprocessing plant for contaminated soil. At…
MoreRecord employment figures
The number of people in employment rose by 5,300 in February, reaching a new record of 3,014,700, nearly 70% of the adult population. The job figures have risen for 11 of the past…
MoreImmigrants take nearly 90% of all new jobs
It’s immigrants that are fueling job growth in this country – 87% of those who’ve joined the labour market over the past year are foreign nationals, a review by the Confederation of Danish…
MoreUS Senate questions Novo Nordisk’s ‘exorbitant’ prices
A U.S. Senate committee has launched an investigation into the prices of Novo Nordisk’s ‘wonder’ diabetes and weight loss drugs Ozempic and Wegovy in the USA. Former presidential candidate Bernie Sanders, chair of…
MoreDenmark looking for EU backing after UK passes Rwanda bill
A Danish processing centre for refugees in Rwanda is still a distant dream even though the British Parliament yesterday approved a similar bill to deport asylum seekers to the east-African country. In 2021…
MorePM gives beleaguered MP a vote of confidence
Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen has brushed off criticism of the Social Democrats’ integration spokesperson Frederik Vad who’s been accused of making inflammatory remarks about immigrants. The PM told reporters, Tuesday, that she and…
MoreNew Danish funding will secure energy for half a million Ukraine households
The government has granted a DKK2.85bn (€380m) state guarantee for a wind energy project in Ukraine that will provide green energy for at least 500,000 households. Following a meeting with President Zelensky in…
MoreSpokespersons urge Europe to do more for Ukraine
The defence spokespersons of nearly all parliamentary parties have welcomed the US Senate’s passing of the long-delayed $95 billion package for Ukraine but at the same time urged Denmark’s European neighbours to do…
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