Royalist PM offers glowing tribute to Queen: “We love you so much”
The Prime Minister’s traditional New Year speech to the nation, Monday, was dominated by Queen Margrethe’s shock news of her abdication the previous day. Ms Frederiksen said many people are still coming to…
MoreMaersk ship hit by missile in Red Sea
A.P. Møller-Maersk (APM) has again stopped its vessels from passing through the Red Sea after one of its ships was hit by a missile, Sunday, fired by Iranian-backed Houthi fighters based in Yemen….
MoreDanish warship heading for Red Sea
Foreign Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen denounced the attack on the Maersk Hangzhou as ‘completely unacceptable’ and confirmation of the ‘extremely dangerous situation’ in the Red Sea. The government has put forward a resolution…
MoreDenmark eases the door open for UN refugees
Denmark has agreed to accept 200 UN refugees as part of its 2023 quota. In a statement, Minister of Immigration and Integration Kaare Dybvad Bek said the selected refugees are mainly from refugee…
MoreNon-western immigrants find work in record numbers
Non-western immigrants are fueling job growth. New figures show that 43.6% of those who joined the labour market this year were from non-western countries, a group that traditionally has found it hard to…
More42 Maersk containers missing at sea as beach clean-up continues
42 of the 46 Mærsk containers that fell overboard off the coast of north Jutland during the pre-Christmas Storm Pia still haven’t been located and, according to Nynne Scheuer, environmental manager at the…
MoreNew residency demands for refugees
Starting from next Monday, January 1st, refugees living in Denmark will have their Danish temporary residence permits revoked if they travel to their home countries, after a parliamentary majority passed an amendment to…
MoreCopenhageners very satisfied with life in the capital
A pre-Christmas survey showed 96% of Copenhagen residents are satisfied with their life in the capital – the highest in Europe, alongside Groningen in the Netherlands. Gdańsk, in Poland, was a close third,…
MoreDanish mercenaries in Ukraine wanted by Russia
Russia has accused six Danish nationals of fighting for Ukraine. According to Russia’s embassy in Denmark, the mercenaries will either be ’neutralised’ or prosecuted. If captured they face up to 15 years in…
MoreDefence Minister dismisses right-wing opposition to Ukraine aid
Right-wing criticism of the West’s ‘never ending’ support for Ukraine’s fight against Russia is ‘difficult to understand’ and the ‘completely wrong political signal’ to send, Defence Minister Troels Lund Poulsen said, Wednesday, after…
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