Ex-PM tells Trump to keep his hands off Greenland
Former prime minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen issued a stern ‘hands-off Greenland’ warning to Donald Trump yesterday. On the eve of the Copenhagen Democracy Summit that gets underway today the ex-NATO Secretary General told…
MoreNew chair of Arctic Council looks for diplomacy to ease tensions
Greenland’s foreign minister Vivian Motzfeldt pledged to prioritise diplomacy and cooperation after being appointed chair of the Arctic Council by Denmark, Monday. At a press conference in Tromsø after Denmark assumed the Council’s…
MoreFormer Taiwan President in Copenhagen
Former Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen will take a break from the Copenhagen Democracy Summit today for a tour of Christiansborg (Parliament) and lunch with the Danish Parliamentarians’ Taiwan Association, a friendship group headed…
MoreDenmark, Italy challenge ECHR on migration
Denmark and Italy have joined forces to challenge the European Court of Human Rights’ (ECHR) strict legal interpretation of migration issues. In a joint letter urging other EU countries to join them, the…
MoreTrump threatens Novo Nordisk
Shares in Novo Nordisk, Denmark’s biggest company, fell sharply, Monday, after Donald Trump signed a wide-reaching executive order directing pharmaceutical companies to lower the prices of their medicines in the U.S. to align…
MoreU.S. preparing to change command structure for Greenland
The U.S. is considering transferring responsibility for its military presence in Greenland from its European command in Germany to homeland command (NORTHCOM) in the state of Colorado, according to a report by international…
MorePM tells U.S.: You can’t spy against an ally
In a blunt message, Friday, Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen told the U.S. ‘you can’t spy against an ally.’ Speaking to reporters on the sidelines of the Joint Expeditionary Force (JEF) summit in Oslo…
MoreBusy PM heads for Arctic talks in Faroe Islands
Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen travels to Thorshavn this morning for Arctic security talks with the leaders of Greenland, the Faroe Islands, Iceland and Norway, where Donald Trump’s aggressive language about the region will…
MoreDenmark gets green light to spend €830m of frozen Russian assets
The EU has authorised Denmark to disburse €830m from frozen Russian assets to finance the purchase of weapons from Ukrainian manufacturers as part of the ‘Danish Model.’ Minister of Defence Troels Lund Poulsen…
MoreCrackdown on violent disorder
The government is preparing to launch a crackdown on criminal and violent disorder. Berlingske reports that the strict reform proposals would double the sentencing for serious assaults while penalties for simple assault would…
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