King receives six new ambassadors
King Frederik received the new ambassadors of North Macedonia, South Africa, the Netherlands, Finland, Luxembourg, and Saudi Arabia in a formal ceremony at Amalienborg Palace, Wednesday. The six new envoys travelled by carriage…
MoreDesigner goods scammers nabbed
Police have arrested 14 people – 13 Chinese residents and one Danish national – suspected of laundering more than DKK100m ($13m) and committing DKK24m in VAT fraud by using designer goods to disguise…
MoreBusiness shorts
Retail sales defy consumer pessimism….French oil giant reported to police over North Sea spills…LEGO gets World Cup boost…. Retail sales have grown strongly over the summer despite widespread pessimism among consumers. The latest…
MoreUkrainian colonel coy about Nord Stream role
A former Ukrainian intelligence chief heavily implicated in the 2022 sabotage of the Nord Stream gas pipelines in the Baltic Sea has declined to deny any involvement. Roman Chervinsky, a 51-year-old former colonel,…
MoreGenocide in Greenland?
Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen’s heartfelt apology last year to thousands of Greenlandic women affected by the forced contraception scandal could prove crucial in experts’ assessment as to whether Denmark potentially committed genocide. When Ms Frederiksen apologised…
MoreAnti-migrant party still pushing for remigration
The Danish People’s Party (DPP) is still focused on the ‘remigration’ of non-western immigrants even though party leader Morten Messerschmidt was reluctant to use the inflammatory expression last week, immigration spokesperson Mikkel Bjørn…
MoreNew poll: DPP the biggest party on the right
The Danish People’s Party (DPP) has surged to its highest level of support since 2019. The latest Epinion poll for DR shows that if an election was held today the party would win…
MoreChurch Minister drops ‘parliamentary priest’ video
Ecclesiastical Affairs Minister Ida Auken has deleted a social media video of her celebrating the possible appointment of a ‘parliamentary priest’ which sparked off a debate about the separation of church and state….
MoreJutland mayors challenge Ukraine refugee clampdown
Five local mayors in Jutland have joined together to challenge the government’s move to restrict residence permits for Ukrainian refugees farthest from the front line. Immigration and Integration Minister Morten Bødskov has said…
MoreConservatives call for cocaine crackdown
The Conservatives have accused the government of ignoring Denmark’s ‘massive’ cocaine problem. Following reports that cocaine levels in Copenhagen wastewater have doubled over the past decade, and nearly a quarter of 15 to…
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