Ex-US Ambassador: Greenland will not become 51st state
Despite former U.S. Ambassador Carla Sands’ all-out support for Donald Trump’s Greenland bid her successor in Denmark has said the Arctic country is unlikely to become a U.S. territory. In an interview with…
MoreLøkke welcomes EU-US trade agreement but…..
Foreign Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen offered a cautious ‘good news’ to the new EU-US trade deal framework announced late last night. After President Trump and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen reached…
MoreBusiness leaders criticise trade deal
Despite the government’s veiled optimism about last night’s EU trade deal with the U.S. it was denounced by Danish business organisations who warned that the agreed 15 percent tariff on European exports will…
MoreForeign Minister questions France’s move to recognise a Palestinian state
Foreign Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen has expressed doubts about France’s decision to recognise a Palestinian state. In a written response to BT News the former prime minister, who during a visit to Saudi…
MoreAnti-semitic attacks up by 71%
Attacks on the Jewish community in Denmark reached a record high last year. 207 antisemitic incidents were recorded in 2024, an increase of 71% on the previous year and over eight times higher…
MoreDenmark no.2 on ‘happy kids’ list
Denmark is ranked number 2 on a new UN list of countries where kids are happiest. The United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund’s (UNICEF) latest report ranked countries across six key areas that…
MoreChinese companies ignore EU regulations – Danish businesses foot the bill
Industry leaders have warned that new EU regulations on packaging waste are placing a heavy burden on Danish companies while allowing foreign competitors – especially Chinese – to sidestep the rules. Under a…
MoreChurch denied, Ramadan welcomed: Minister slams ‘discrimination’
A Danish church was barred from holding a Pentecost service at a cultural centre in Hvidovre, west of Copenhagen, even though a Muslim group was allowed to host a Ramadan event in the…
MoreMuslim immigration drops as non-Western workforce diversifies
The makeup of immigrants in Denmark has changed sharply over the past 30 years, with fewer arriving from predominantly Muslim countries and more from Asia and Eastern Europe. Today 42% of non-Western immigrants…
MoreImmigrant job numbers soar, women still lag
Record numbers of non-Western immigrants and their descendants are now in work but some groups, especially women from Middle Eastern countries, continue to lag behind. A new study by the right-leaning think tank…
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