Problems mount up for DPP leader
The floundering Danish People’s Party is facing more problems after one of its most prominent MPs, Marie Krarup, announced yesterday she won’t be running at the next election. Ms Krarup said she made…
MoreGovernment fails to live up to its own electric car policy
The government wants to see half a million electric cars on Danish roads by 2030 yet has only purchased two ‘green’ vehicles for state purposes since the Social Democrats returned to power in…
MoreJyllands Posten denies Charlie Hebdo the right to reprint historic front page
Jyllands-Posten has denied a request from French satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo for permission to reprint the paper’s original front page featuring all 12 Mohammed caricatures that sparked off riots throughout the Muslim world…
MoreRight-wing Quran burners head for Sweden again
The far-right anti-Muslim party Stram Kurs is heading for Sweden again this weekend to hold new Quran-burning demonstrations in five heavily immigrant districts in the capital of Stockholm on Saturday. Riots broke out in…
MoreSubmarine slayer finally admits guilt
Danish inventor Peter Madsen, whose 2018 trial for the brutal slaying of Swedish journalist Kim Wall hit the headlines internationally, has for the first time admitted he committed the murder. The 49-year-old, found…
MoreFinance Minister: A post-corona world based on UN sustainable targets
The government will use the disruption caused by the corona virus to gradually adopt the UN’s 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Finance Minister Nicolai Wammen said yesterday that when the crisis is over, daily life needs to…
MoreDenmark urges Tunisia to accept stranded Maersk migrants
Malta said on Sunday Denmark should accept responsibility for the 27 migrants stranded on a Maersk tanker – now Denmark says Tunisia should offer shelter. More than a month since the Maersk Etienne…
MoreDenmark and Estonia call for international probe into Navalny poisoning
Denmark and Estonia have joined together to call for an independent and international investigation into the poisoning of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny. During talks in Tallin, Tuesday, Minister of Foreign Affairs Jeppe…
MoreForeign Minister denounces Belarus kidnapping
Foreign Minister Jeppe Kofod has condemned the mysterious disappearance of a Belarus opposition leader as ’totally unacceptable’ and called for a ’very clear and immediate’ EU denouncement. Maria Kolesnikova was kidnapped in the…
MoreVirus updates
Transmission rate rises to 1.5….UK authorities consider Denmark travel warning…. The so-called ‘R’ rate, which reflects the average number of infections one person with the corona virus causes, has risen to 1.5 from…
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