Denmark beefs up military presence in Greenland
Denmark will increase its military presence in Greenland and the Arctic over the summer. In a press release the Greenlandic government, Naalakkersuisut, said Danish special operations forces would conduct winter training while F-16…
MoreDanish-Rwandan sentenced to 20 years in prison for genocide
A 56-year-old Danish citizen convicted of participating in the 1994 genocide in Rwanda has been sentenced to 20 years in prison by Hillerød District Court. Wenceslas Twagirayezu had lived in Denmark for 17 years before…
MoreTax authorities have clawed back DKK3.8bn from share dividend scam
The Tax Authority (SKAT) has so far recovered DKK 3.8bn ($587m) of the estimated DKK 12.7bn ($1.96bn) paid out from the Danish treasury in 2015 to foreign-based people or companies controlled by convicted…
MoreNew missile defence systems
Denmark’s new air defence systems will be supplied by Germany, France and Norway in a deal worth more than DKK6bn ($920m). At an early evening press conference, Tuesday, Defence Minister Troels Lund Poulsen…
MoreMacron supports Greenland’s sovereignty
Emmanuel Macron has again declared that Greenland isn’t something that can be simply taken over. Speaking at a UN conference in Nice on Monday, just days before his visit to Greenland this week,…
MoreAI to streamline public sector
The government will embrace Artificial Intelligence (AI) technology to streamline the public sector. At a press conference, Tuesday, Digitalisation Minister Caroline Stage said the government, in cooperation with Local Government Denmark (KL) and…
MoreDenmark will lead push to ban social media for teens
Banning social media for kids under 15 years old will be a key issue for Denmark’s upcoming presidency of the EU Council. In an interview with Euractiv before Denmark assumes the rotating presidency…
MoreBlack Swan mole was double agent
TV 2’s ‘mole’ in the controversial Black Swan documentary has revealed she played a ‘double role’. In a written statement issued ahead of two new episodes in the series, corporate lawyer Amira Smajic…
MorePopulation tops 6 million
Denmark’s population has topped six million for the first time ever. The latest Statistics Denmark figures show 6,001,008 people now officially live in this country, just 50 years after the population surpassed five…
MoreEthnic Danes in the minority
The latest population figures reflect a growing anomaly in society – in some areas of the country ethnic Danes are in the minority. In larger social housing districts such as Tingbjerg in Copenhagen…
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