Dubai looks to Denmark for green energy technology
Following an invitation from the Danish Governmental Green Economy Foundation, a delegation from the Dubai Supreme Council of Energy and Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA), headed by Saeed Mohammed Al Tayer, Vice…
MoreElection 2015: Løkke’s mystery welfare man
On the second day of the election campaign, Prime Minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt cast doubts on opposition leader Lars Løkke Rasmussen’s story about a welfare recipient who got a job but quit after two…
MoreElection 2015: New poll signals dead heat
A new opinion poll indicates an election that’s too close to call. The latest Greens poll for Jyllands-Posten suggests a virtual dead heat between the two opposing blocs – 50.6 per cent for…
MoreElection 2015: DPP policy will lead to anarchy
Business Minister Henrik Sass Larsen has launched an attack on the Danish People’s Party’s ‘irresponsible’ economic policy. Mr Larsen, renowned as the prime minister’s attack dog, warned yesterday that if the DPP becomes…
MoreElection 2015: Two former foreign ministers say goodbye
The current election campaign signals a goodbye to politics from one of Denmark’s most prominent politicians over the past 30 years – former foreign minister, and Conservative leader, Per Stig Møller. Mr Møller,…
MoreElection 2015: Disgraced Greenland politician runs for Danish parliament
Ex-Greenland prime minister, Aleqa Hammond, who was forced to resign in 2014 in the midst of a financial scandal, is running for election to the Danish parliament. Ms Hammond, who stepped down when…
MoreGreenland passes same-sex legislation
Greenland’s Parliament has unanimously approved same-sex marriage and adoption. MPs in the country, which has a population of 57,000, voted to adopt Danish legislation on the issue. Two MPs were absent, but none…
MoreThorning dismisses call for Ryanair boycott
Prime Minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt has declined to get involved in the Ryanair dispute. After Mayor of Copenhagen Frank Jensen banned all 45,000 of the city’s officials from using Ryanair flights for official business…
MoreSlight drop in asylum numbers
Despite a slight increase in April the number of asylum seekers arriving in Denmark fell, albeit slightly, during the first four months of 2015. The latest Immigration Agency figures show that 2,090 people…
MoreOur man in Dubai
Hamad Saeed Al Shamsi, Director of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Office in Dubai, has received Morten Siem Lynge, new Consul-General of the Kingdom of Denmark in Dubai, who is accredited to commence…
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