LA leads call to defund DR
The business-friendly Liberal Alliance (LA) has proposed pulling the plug on public funding for state-run broadcaster DR because of its ‘biased reporting and poor-quality content.’ Following the recent controversy over TV documentary Greenland’s…
MoreNo more snail-mail
The state-run postal service, PostNord, has announced plans to phase out Denmark’s 1,500 iconic letter boxes by June and stop all letter deliveries by the end of the year. The move brings to…
MoreExpert: Europe should follow Denmark and ban smartphones in schools
The head of the ‘Well-Being Commission’ has urged Europe to follow Denmark’s lead in banning smartphones in schools. Acting on the recommendations of the Commission, set up by Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen in…
MoreNational Bank mirrors ECB, cuts interest
The National Bank cut its key interest rate by 25 basis points to 2.10% on Thursday, following the European Central Bank’s (ECB) decision earlier in the day to cut euro zone rates. TV2…
MoreGreenland’s PM: This land is our land
Greenland’s prime minister issued a defiant ‘hands off’ yesterday after President Trump warned that the United States will acquire the territory ‘one way or another.’ In a Facebook post, Múte Bourup Egede said…
MoreTrump ‘forgot’ one key detail – Greenland’s independence requires Danish ratification
Danish media has noted how Donald Trump omitted one key detail in his speech to Congress, Tuesday. While acknowledging that Greenlanders themselves should have a say in the island’s future status he failed…
MoreLøkke ‘optimistic’ following Trump’s speech
Foreign Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen said yesterday he doesn’t believe Greenlanders want to ditch Denmark to become part of America. Following Donald Trump’s renewed focus on Greenland, Tuesday, the former prime minister adopted…
MoreForeign Minister sounds the alarm about foreign intervention in Greenland election
Foreign Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen has warned of the threat of foreign intervention in next week’s parliamentary elections in Greenland. At a press conference alongside his Finnish counterpart, Elina Valtonen, in Helsinki, Wednesday,…
MoreSpring election?
The Social Democrats’ comeback in the polls could tempt Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen to call a snap election this Spring. In a TV2 debate, leading political commentator Noa Reddington said the most recent…
MoreParliament gives PM mandate to support EU spending plan
Parliament has given Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen ‘carte blanche’ to back the EU Commission’s new spending plan at an extraordinary summit in Brussels today dedicated to defence and Ukraine. Following a meeting of…
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