Fire up the barbie – Aussies in Denmark to celebrate their new Queen
Australian residents of Denmark have been invited to a ‘royal bash’ at their embassy this Sunday to celebrate Tasmanian-born Crown Princess Mary becoming Denmark’s Queen. Australian Ambassador to Denmark Kerin Ayyalaraju will host…
More80 foreign media organisations heading for Copenhagen but no royals
Around 80 international media organisations are sending reporters to cover Queen Margrethe’s abdication, Sunday, including the New York Times, the BBC, and eight Australian outlets. The International Press Centre (IPC), which is handling…
MoreDanish Ambassador to Georgia in hot water, India sends new man to Copenhagen
Danish Ambassador to Georgia Anne Toft Sørensen was summoned to Georgia’s Foreign Ministry, Thursday, after she referred to former Prime Minister Bidzina Ivanishvili, founder of the ruling Georgian Dream (GD) party, as an…
MoreDanish national acquitted of genocide
A Rwandan with Danish citizenship has been acquitted of genocide and crimes against humanity during the 1994 genocide in the central African country. 56-year-old Wenceslas Twagirayezu had lived in this country for 17…
MoreDanish passport ranked high but behind 9 other countries
Ciizens of Denmark can enjoy visa-free or visa-on-arrival access to 192 destinations throughout the world, with or without a visa, making the Danish passport one of the most powerful globally but behind France,…
MoreBanks’ interest rate policy has cost customers DKK14bn
Danish banks’ policy of squeezing more money out of customers by raising interest rates on loans far more than deposits has cost account holders nearly DKK14bn ($2bn), a new report by the Danish…
MoreEnd of the road for anti-migrant party
The far right New Right (Nye Borgerlige) party is no more. In a shock move, Wednesday, leader, and founder, Pernille Vermund announced the party is being dissolved and its small group of MPs will…
MoreFuture King only given three days’ notice
Crown Prince Frederik was only informed he was about to become King 72 hours before Queen Margrethe shocked the nation by announcing her abdication on New Year’s Eve. Although it was a historic…
MoreRoyal Family a costly affair but it’s ‘money well spent’
It’s unclear how much Crown Prince Frederik and Crown Princess Mary will be paid when they become King and Queen of Denmark from Sunday but it’s been estimated that total expenditure on the…
MoreGovernment looks to India, Phillipines for health workers
The government has proposed bringing in health workers from outside the EU to help ease the shortage of manpower at hospitals and care homes. Ahead of cross-party negotiations aimed at easing the pathway…
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