Denmark leads call for more direct investment in Ukraine arms industry
Denmark has urged more countries to invest directly in Ukraine’s arms industry. When the Foreign Affairs Council meets in Brussels tomorrow to discuss European military support for Ukraine and the EU’s state of preparedness,…
MoreDenmark backs ICJ ruling, urges Israel to halt Rafah offensive
Foreign Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen has urged Israel to stop all military operations in Rafah, southern Gaza, mirroring the International Court of Justice (ICJ) which has called on Israel to halt its offensive,…
MoreDanish tanks donated to Ukraine couldn’t shoot straight
There have been so many problems with the Leopard tanks donated to Ukraine from Denmark, Germany and the Netherlands that the war-torn country originally refused to accept them. DR News reports that the nearly…
MoreStruggling Liberals lower expectations for EU election
The Liberals (Venstre) have low expectations for the upcoming EU elections. The struggling party won four seats in the EU Parliament five years ago but expect no more than two this time around….
MoreThe Week That Was, May 21st – May 26th 2024:
Politics/Economy: The economy shrank by 1.8% in the year’s first quarter (Q1), the biggest quarterly economic decline since the global pandemic – Gross Domestic Product (GDP) dropped 1.8% from the previous three months…
MoreNew report: Denmark complicit in dumping migrants in desert
Denmark is helping to fund the Tunisian National Guard which according to a new investigative report is rounding up migrants trying to reach Europe and dumping them in the desert. Based on a…
MoreLA leader takes the lead as PM slips
Mette Fredriksen’s approval ratings have sunk to an all-time low. A new Megafon poll for TV2 shows more voters would prefer Liberal Alliance (LA) leader Alex Vanopslagh as prime minister than the current…
MoreKosovo passes prison agreement
At the second time of asking Kosovo’s parliament has approved a deal to rent 300 jail cells to Denmark. Under the terms of the original agreement signed in 2022, the Danish authorities will…
MoreTorture Institute raises red flag about prison deal
The Danish Institute Against Torture (DIAT) has expressed ‘serious reservations’ about Denmark’s prison deal with Kosovo. After the Kosovan parliament passed a bill yesterday that will allow Denmark to ship foreign prisoners to…
More‘Peaceful’ demonstrators daubed terror threats outside embassy
Pro-Palestine activists daubed hateful messages and terror threats on the road outside the Israeli Embassy in Copenhagen following a demonstration, Sunday. Despite claiming to be peaceful, activists scrawled messages of support for Hamas’…
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