No short-term solution for Syrian refugees says deputy PM
There’s little chance of Syrian refugees returning home in the near future so local authorities need to start integrating them immediately – that was the message from Social Liberal (R) leader, and deputy…
MoreLeft wing urges government to drop asylum bill
The left wing has urged the government to drop its planned asylum restrictions after Social Liberal leader Morten Østergaard’s comments that Syrian refugees will in all likelihood remain in Denmark for years. The…
MorePM condemns Pakistan school attack
Prime Minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt joined the worldwide condemnation of the Taleban’s attack on a school in Pakistan that resulted in the deaths of at least 130 children. She said she was ‘appalled’ at…
MoreAmbassador: Don’t provoke the Russian bear
Russia is prepared to scale down its military flights close to Denmark, Sweden, and other countries in Europe if NATO halts its military build-up in the Baltic region and Poland, Russia’s ambassador to…
MorePM grilled on Ertirea affair
Prime Minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt has adopted a far more guarded attitude towards the controversial Eritrea report that she praised just two weeks ago. After prime minister’s question time in parliament, Tuesday, when she was…
MoreForeign Minister downplays Turkey’s EU bid
The crackdown on journalists in Turkey will seriously delay the country’s effort to join the EU, Foreign Minister Martin Lidegaard said yesterday ahead of the foreign ministers’ meeting in Brussels. He said he…
MoreDenmark’s Arctic claim OK with Canada – update
In Tuesday’s seven59, with reference to a Jyllands-Posten article, we wrote: “Canada will challenge Denmark’s claim to the North Pole and surrounding 895,000 square metres of ocean bed, Canadian ambassador to Denmark André…
MoreJustice Minister distances herself from Eritrea report
Justice Minister has rejected the Immigration Service’s defence of its much criticised fact-finding report on conditions in Eritrea. In an official response to parliament she writes that the Service has still failed to…
MoreEU to the rescue for Danish pig farmers?
The EU Commission will decide next month whether to grant emergency aid to farmers so they can stockpile pork that can’t be exported to Russia. After a meeting with his EU colleagues in…
MoreDenmark’s Arctic claim OK with Canada
Canada, like Denmark, will also stake a claim to the North Pole and surrounding 895,000 square metres of ocean bed, Canadian ambassador to Denmark André François Giroux said yesterday, stressing though that the…
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