Danish schoolkids get ‘F’ for failure in new international report
Schoolkids in this country are performing worse than at any point during the past 25 years of international comparisons and far worse than their counterparts in the Nordic region. The latest PISA report,…
MorePM ‘distressed’ by poor school results
Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen has sounded the alarm over declining school standards after the latest PISA report showed a significant decline in pupils’ standards. After announcing a press conference tomorrow (Thursday) in response…
MoreLawmakers in meltdown over new Muslim influencer revelations
Right-wing parties have reacted angrily to controversial Muslim influencer Mohamed Abdi Kahn’s demand for DKK3.5m to leave Denmark after it was revealed that he still owes the state DKK400,000 from a previous repatriation…
MoreDenmark joins call for trade restrictions on Israeli settlers
Denmark and 11 other countries have threatened trade restrictions against Israeli settlers while demanding an end to further settlement expansion in the West Bank. The warning comes in a joint declaration signed by…
MorePentagon quiz sheet: Is Denmark complying wth Trump’s foreign policy?
Denmark has received a questionnaire from the U.S. Department of Defence (Pentagon) that could help determine which US troops, weapons and military capabilities are withdrawn from Europe. The questionaire, announced by Secretary of…
MoreDevelopment aid ‘madness’ – taxpayers fund 100,000 coffee cups
DKK200,000 ($30,000) of development aid has been spent on a project that included producing and marketing 100,000 paper cups featuring portraits of residents of a Nicaraguan coffee village. Documents seen by Berlingske show…
MoreManufacturing down but trade surplus up
Industrial production decreased sharply by 5.5% in July following a relatively large increase in June – despite the downturn the latest Statistics Denmark figures show production rose by a modest 0.8% over the…
MoreEU invests heavily in Greenland partnership
The EU is to invest DKK1.5bn (€200m) in Greenland as part of a new partnership aimed at strengthening cooperation on critical raw materials, housing, tourism, energy and digital communications. European Commission President Ursula…
MoreGreenland rules out EU membership despite massive gift from Brussels
Greenland has ruled out seeking EU membership despite agreeing to strengthen and broaden its partnership with Brussels following European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen’s visit. Prime Minister Jens-Frederik Nielsen said last night…
MoreTrump in new provocation – Iceland joins Greenland in new map of America
Donald Trump has again posted a map depicting Greenland as part of the United States – this time alongside Iceland, Canada, Mexico and several other countries. The latest provocation on his own Truth…
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