PM: ‘Now isn’t the time to recognise a Palestinian state’
Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen isn’t prepared to recognise a Palestinian state at the current time. Speaking at the EU Summit in Brussels, Thursday, after Spain, Ireland, and Slovenia said acknowledging Palestine as a…
MorePM welcomes EU competitiveness deal
Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen said last night that Danish and European companies need a ‘helping hand’ after the 27 leaders of the European Union agreed on a new ‘competitiveness deal’ to close the…
MoreCoalition partner embarrassed by 7,000 refugees gaffe
The Moderates’ leading candidate in the upcoming EU election has been forced to walk back her claim that Denmark should accept at least 7,000 refugees via the EU every year. Following a storm…
MoreF-16s sell-off provides unexpected cash windfall
Denmark has earned ten times more than originally estimated from the sale of its ageing fleet of F-16 fighter jets. On Tuesday, Defence Minister Troels Lund Poulsen finally formalised the sale of 24 Danish F-16s…
MoreBørsen’s walls collapse
Despite the best efforts of builders and emergency workers the facade of Copenhagen’s historic former stock exchange, Børsen, collapsed Thursday. An emergency crew had worked through the night to put cement-filled containers in…
MoreMass redundancies at Danish Crown
Danish Crown, the world’s largest pork exporter, has announced plans to close down a processing plant in Ringsted resulting in the loss of around 1,200 jobs. This comes after 800 employees were fired…
MorePM urges European countries to send air-defence systems to Ukraine
Denmark, alongside the Netherlands and Czechia, has appealed to European countries to send air defence systems they aren’t using to Ukraine. After Germany announced last week it would send one of its Patriot…
MoreBørsen to be rebuilt but it could take 10 years
More than 300 emergency responders, firefighters, police, and members of the home guard worked throughout Wednesday to extinguish the last pockets of the fire that destroyed Copenhagen’s 400-year-old stock exchange, Børsen, the previous…
MoreDenmark, Hungary disagree on Ukraine aid
Hungarian Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó’s visit to Denmark this week revealed major differences in the two countries’ view of EU support for Ukraine in its war with Russia, BT News reports. At a…
MoreDenmark invests DKK400m in ‘risky’ World Bank aid strategy
Denmark has agreed to take part in the World Bank’s new financing strategy aimed at raising billions of dollars for developing countries. Ahead of the Bank’s ‘Spring summit’ in Washington DC today, Minister…
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