Diplomatic spat at Japanese Embassy
Two hundred guests at a Japanese Embassy event in February were reportedly shocked by a high-profile diplomatic incident between representatives of China and Taiwan. Berlingske reports how China’s ambassador to Denmark, Wang Xuefeng,…
MoreDK-Greenland agreement on welfare, economic development
Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen and her Greenland counterpart, Jens-Frederik Nielsen, signed a new agreement, Tuesday aimed at strengthening Greenland’s welfare and long-term economic development with the DKK1.6bn ($254m) earmarked for investments in the…
MoreForeign Minister casts doubts on genocide accusations against Israel
Foreign Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen has strongly criticised Israel’s actions in Gaza following a damning new UN report but refused to say whether they amount to genocide. Speaking to reporters, Tuesday, after a…
MoreOpposition parties denounce government’s failed Israel policy, demand action
Opposition parties have lashed out at the government’s ‘failed’ Israel policy and called for immediate recognition of Palestine as an independent state. Following Israel’s ground offensive in Gaza City and a report by…
MoreDenmark has highest poverty risk in Nordic region
More than one in six people in this country are now at risk of poverty or social exclusion according to a report by the Economic Council of the Labour Movement (AE) – at the…
MoreNo charges in Panama Papers scandal
None of the alleged Danish tax cheats named in the Panama Papers scandal will face criminal charges. When the Danish Tax Authority (SKAT) paid an anonymous source almost DKK6m ($900,000) in 2016 to…
MoreProducer prices rise – but slower
Producer prices slowed to a 14-month low in August. The latest Statistics Denmark figures show the producer price index, often used to gauge inflation, climbed by no more than 3% year-on-year in August,…
MoreRussian ambassador summoned over Poland incursion
Russia’s ambassador to Denmark Vladimir Barbin was summoned to the Foreign Ministry, Monday, following last week’s incident when Russian drones entered Polish airspace. In a statement ahead of the meeting, Foreign Minister Lars…
MoreArctic war games on display in Greenland
Nordic defence ministers, military officials, and foreign dignitaries boarded the Danish frigate Niels Juel off the coast of Nuuk, the capital of Greenland, Monday, for an overview of NATO’s ongoing Arctic Light operation,…
MoreGovernment considers ‘multi-billion’ aircraft for Arctic surveillance
The government is considering buying Boeing’s P-8 Poseidon maritime patrol aircraft for a ‘double-digit billion’ amount to strengthen surveillance across the Arctic and North Atlantic and monitor Russian activity around Greenland. During a…
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