Arms smuggler still resisting extradition to India
Arms smuggler Niels Holck has dismissed Denmark’s attempt to extradite him to India as ‘outrageous’ and ‘politically motivated’. In October last year, the Attorney General (Rigsadvokaten) approved the extradition of the now 63-year-old Mr Holck, who’s…
MoreBillions more for Ukraine Fund
A cross-party majority has agreed to increase military aid to Ukraine by a further DKK4.4bn ($6.3bn) this year, adding to the more than DKK60bn (€8.6bn) already allocated to the Ukraine Fund from 2023…
MoreCarlsberg boosts Ukraine investment following exit from Russia
Brewing giant Carlsberg has announced plans to invest around DKK300m to extend its three breweries in Ukraine. As part of a trade delegation to the war-torn country last week headed by Business Minister…
MoreAnalyst ridicules Belarus attack claim
A top Danish military analyst has ridiculed claims by Belarus that it prevented an attempted drone attack from Lithuania. Peter Viggo Jakobsen of the Danish Defence Academy said it would make no sense. “Why…
MoreIsraeli arms inquiry widened
The independent legal inquiry into the Elbit affair has been widened and subsequently delayed, the Defence Ministry announced yesterday. Former defence minister Jacob Ellemann-Jensen quit in October following accusations of misleading parliament over the controversial…
MorePopulist Swedish, Danish parties in EU partnership
The far-right Sweden Democrats have reached out to the Denmark’s Democrats Party about a possible partnership in the upcoming EU election campaign. The nationalist Swedish party’s leading candidate for MEP, Charlie Weimers, told…
MoreNordic Waste clean-up spells financial disaster for local authority
Randers municipality has warned of a pending ‘financial disaster’ if the state doesn’t help with more money for the clean-up operation following January’s landslide at a local reprocessing plant for contaminated soil. At…
MoreRecord employment figures
The number of people in employment rose by 5,300 in February, reaching a new record of 3,014,700, nearly 70% of the adult population. The job figures have risen for 11 of the past…
MoreImmigrants take nearly 90% of all new jobs
It’s immigrants that are fueling job growth in this country – 87% of those who’ve joined the labour market over the past year are foreign nationals, a review by the Confederation of Danish…
MoreUS Senate questions Novo Nordisk’s ‘exorbitant’ prices
A U.S. Senate committee has launched an investigation into the prices of Novo Nordisk’s ‘wonder’ diabetes and weight loss drugs Ozempic and Wegovy in the USA. Former presidential candidate Bernie Sanders, chair of…
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