Denmark praised for increased NATO support
A former top NATO official has praised Denmark for its transformation from a reluctant defence spender to a core nation in the western military alliance. Following last week’s NATO summit in Washington DC,…
MoreRed/Green boss linked to terrorist group
Despite his repeated denials Red/Green Alliance leader Pelle Dragsted has for years been aware of the far-left party’s link to the Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP), classified as a terrorist…
MorePM’s attacker facing deportation
The Public Prosecutor is pushing for a stiffer sentence for the Polish man charged with assaulting Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen in Kultorvet Square, close to the busy Nørreport Station, as she was walking…
MoreTrade suplus decrease
The foreign trade surplus decreased in May as exports fell faster than imports. The latest Statistics Denmark figures show the overall balance of payments surplus shrank to DKK 20.1bn ($2.93bn) in May from…
MoreAlarming drop in care worker studies
While the public sector is facing an acute shortage of care workers enrollment in welfare-oriented professions continues to fall. The education sector, focusing on kindergarten and childcare, saw a sharp decline in applications…
MoreBusiness shorts
Green shares fall following attack on Trump….Maersk ship targetted by Houthi rebels….Pension organisation issues AI warning…. Shares in two of Denmark’s ‘green heavyweights’ plummeted, Monday, following the attempted assassination of former US president,…
MorePM, ministers condemn attack on Trump
Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen led the Danish political condemnation following the assassination attempt on Donald Trump at a rally in Pennsylvania on Saturday where the former president was shot in the ear. In…
MoreThreat of retaliation if Danish F-16s are used in Russia
A leading military analyst has warned of the threat of Russian retaliatory attacks after Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen said Ukraine should be allowed to use Danish F-16 fighter jets to target legitimate military…
MoreMette F: We need to take Russia’s hybrid war more seriously
European countries have been far too ‘polite’ when dealing with Russian hybrid attacks according to Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen. Speaking at an expert panel discussion on the sidelines of the NATO Summit in…
MoreEx-PM was shocked by misogynist attacks
Helle Thorning-Schmidt has claimed she was shocked by the extent of misogyny she was exposed to when she became Denmark’s first female prime minister in 2011. In an interview on the ‘Rest is…
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