Christmas blues for PM
The government continues to lose voters at an alarming rate. A new poll taken on the first anniversary of the ‘grand coalition’ shows the government would win no more than 33.8% of the…
MoreDanish national facing life sentence for Rwandan genocide
A Danish national could be sentenced to a life sentence in Rwanda this week if he’s found guilty of complicity in the murder of up to two thousand ethnic Tutsis during the 1994…
MoreDanish intervention in Red Sea?
The government is considering possible intervention in the Red Sea following the near-miss attack on an A.P. Moller-Maersk vessel by Yemen’s Huthi militants. After the Danish shipper paused all its container ship traffic…
MoreDanish shipping giant pauses Red Sea traffic
A.P. Moller-Maersk has paused all its container ship traffic through the Red Sea following a near-miss missile attack on one of its vessels. In a statement, Friday, the Danish shipping giant called the attack…
MoreGovernment joins call for humanitarian cease-fire in Gaza
The government has repeated its call for an immediate humanitarian cease-fire in Gaza. At a high-level meeting in Oslo, Friday, aimed at finding a pathway to a ’two-state solution’, Foreign Minister Lars Løkke…
MoreDenmark joins condemnation of West Bank settlers
In a joint declaration issued Friday, Denmark and the rest of the EU, Australia, Canada, Norway, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom expressed their grave concern about the record number of attacks by extremist…
MorePM’s approval rating hits rock bottom
On the first anniversary of the Social Democrat/Liberal/ Moderates coalition a new survey shows Environment Minister Magnus Heunicke remains the most popular government minister, followed closely by Minister for Digitisation and Gender Equality…
MoreForeign Minister on Dubai detention of Danish influencer: ‘It is what it is’
’The law is the law’ – Foreign Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen’s latest response to the situation surrounding Danish reality TV star and influencer Elvira Pitzner who’s been detained in Dubai after being accused…
MoreGovernment gets left-wing backing for aviation tax
The government, backed by the left-wing Green Left and Red/Green Alliance, has reached agreement to impose a tax on air passengers. In November the government proposed an average tax of DKK 100 ($14.35)…
MoreThree arrests in terror crackdown
The police arrested three people on suspicion of of plotting to carry out an act of terror in a series of coordinated raids across Denmark, Thursday. A fourth person was detained in the…
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