EU signs partnership agreement with Faroes
EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Faroe Islands Prime Minister Aksel V. Johannesen, Thursday, setting out a framework for an improved partnership focusing on areas…
MoreVon der Leyen praises PM amid EU job speculation
President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen showered Mette Frederiksen with praise yesterday but declined to confirm or deny whether the prime minister is in the running for a top EU…
MoreGreenland supports moratorium on deep-sea mining
Greenland has come out in support of a UN proposal for a precautionary pause, or ‘moratorium’, on deep-sea mining for rare earths and minerals, in contrast to Norway which has approved commercial plans…
MoreThe end is nigh for Pusher Street
Pusher Street in Christiania is to be demolished. Residents of the ‘Free State’ and hired labourers will dig up the notorious street on April 6 but, Berlingske reports, everybody in Denmark is welcome…
MoreControversial imam get 15-month prison sentence
The head of the Salafi Grimhøj mosque in Aarhus has been given a 15-month conditional prison sentence after being guilty of social fraud. Aarhus District Court found that controversial imam Oussama El-Saadi, who’s…
MoreCompulsory military conscription for women as government ups defence spending again
As previously reported, the government presented a plan, Wednesday, to increase defence spending by more than DKK 40bn ($6 b) over the next four years, primarily financed by an increase in state debt….
MoreYoung conscripts could be sent on NATO missions
Young army conscripts could be despatched abroad as part of the heavy infantry brigade the government is planning to build up as a defence against Russia. After announcing earlier in the day that,…
MoreDefence Minister’s missile claim ‘incorrect’
NATO would not be capable of shooting down every missile fired at Denmark by Russia if President Putin launched an attack, three military experts said yesterday after Defence Minister Troels Lund Poulsen claimed…
MoreNew Conservative leader will continue Pape’s fight for lower taxes
The Conservatives’ new leader, Mona Juul, has said that removing the punitive top rate of income tax will be a key issue for the party at the next election campaign, in line with…
More2nd-term Trump could make new bid for Greenland
If Donald Trump is elected U.S. president again in November he could renew his bid to buy Greenland, a prominent international relations expert has claimed. Trump first speculated about buying Greenland in 2019 but…
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