Government appoints 15 climate ambassadors
The government has named 15 ambassadors abroad as ‘climate frontliners’ with a mandate to promote green Danish solutions under a new climate supremo, Ambassador Tomas Anker Christensen, a former top UN diplomat currently…
MoreLA facing extinction
The Liberal Alliance (LA), part of government five months ago, would disappear from parliament if an election was held right now. A new Kantar Gallup poll shows the business-friendly party, which was decimated…
MoreCriminals offered cash bonus to move from ghettos
The Danish People’s Party (DPP) has condemned a move by Odense City Council to offer convicted criminals a cash bonus of DKK 15,000 ($2,200) plus rent assistance to relocate from crime-ridden social housing…
MoreDrinking warning: Cancer Society sounds the alarm
The average Dane drinks around nine litres of pure alcohol annually, the equivalent of 600 beers according to a new report by the Danish Cancer Society published in conjunction with a new campaign,…
MoreDanske Bank offered gold to ‘shady’ Russian clients
At the height of the money-laundering scandal Danske Bank offered shady Russian customers anonymity if they bought bars of gold for their money, new documents reveal. Berlingske, citing Bloomberg News, reports how Danske’s…
MoreEditorials on new party: Prime Minister is the only winner
The new party on the right, ‘Forward’ has been given a collective ‘thumbs down’ by leading newspapers this morning who warn it will lead to wasted votes, more division on the right, and…
MoreComment: New party reflects the chaos on the right
The emergence of yet another political party reflects the chaos amongst the centre-right opposition, leading political commentator Søs Marie Serup said yesterday after Liberal Alliance ‘defectors’ Simon Emil Ammitzbøll-Bille and Christina Egelund launched…
MoreDenmark signs aviation declaration – but doesn’t support it
Although Denmark signed a statement, Thursday, urging the next European Commission to propose new measures on aviation pricing Finance Minister Nicolai Wammen said the government still hasn’t made a decision as to whether…
MoreIs Trump’s ambition to divide Denmark and Greenland?
Reports that U.S. national security officials were so occupied with President Trump’s bid to buy Greenland over the summer that they sidelined the Ukraine aid issue could indicate that the White House is attempting…
MoreEU: Denmark defying global trend
While economic growth has slowed in some of Denmark’s largest export markets the Danish economy has managed to defy the global slowdown – the main conclusion of the European Commission’s European Economic Forecast/Autumn…
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