French minister warns ‘Frugal 4’
Denmark and its allies in the ‘Frugal 4’ want the EU to lend, not give, money to countries hard-hit by the corona epidemic but their real objective is to prevent the EU’s long-term…
MoreSweden calls on Denmark to open border
Swedish Foreign Minister Ann Linde has urged Denmark to open its border to Sweden. The Minister said yesterday it’s ’understandable’ that people living in Skåne (south Sweden) are frustrated at Denmark’s stubbornness when…
MoreVirus updates
No new deaths….48,000 jobs lost…. There were no new deaths from covid-19, Tuesday, as the death rate remained stable at 563 – the fourth time over the past two weeks that no fatalities…
MoreGovernment moves to ban child bride weddings
The government has announced plans to ban religious weddings involving child brides and increase the penalty for keeping minors trapped in a marriage against their will. Integration Minister Mattias Tesfaye said yesterday he…
MoreBusiness shorts
Retail sales make gradual comeback…6 big-name companies sign ‘groundbreaking’ wind energy deal… Retail sales surprisingly rose in April after falling in the previous month as the covid-19 pandemic halted spending. The latest Statistics…
MoreGovernment defends ‘miserly’ loan offer to struggling states
The government has defended its rejection of France and Germany’s proposal for a €500bn European Recovery Fund following criticism of its ‘miserly’ policy. As an alternative, Denmark, Austria, the Netherlands, and Sweden – the…
MoreFormer minister backtracks – a press release is not an instruction
Calling a press release an instruction is pure nonsense, former immigration minister Inger Støjberg said yesterday on her second day of testimony to the child brides commission – even though she’s done so…
MoreRight wing parties woo Inger
If the Liberals’ deputy leader Inger Støjberg is forced out of the party by the child brides controversy she’d be welcomed with open arms by parties on the right. Danish People’s Party whip,…
MoreBorder controls eased for separated couples
Border controls were relaxed, Monday, as the government eased coronavirus restrictions for travellers from other Scandinavian countries and Germany, providing they are visiting Denmark for a legitimate ‘purpose’. Cross-border couples separated by the…
MoreMPs fight defamation charge
On the first day of the defamation trial against three leading MPs, Monday, female imam Sherin Khankan claimed that one of the accused, Denmark’s leading immigrant politician, Syrian-born Naser Khader, was ‘obssessed’ with…
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