Scandinavian arms giant bids to operate Danish ammunition factory
After the Danish Defence Ministry agreed last month to pay DKK 19.6m ($2.8 m) to buy back a disused plant in Elling in North Jutland, to ensure supplies as the war in Ukraine…
MoreVoters more ‘climate aware’
A majority of the electorate has become more climate-aware over the past year. As world leaders, lobbyists, and business leaders gather at the COP28 Climate Summit in Dubai, a new Megafon survey for…
More$18m to help Africa’s green conversion
Denmark, alongside Germany, has donated a further DKK128m ($18.2m) to the Accelerated Partnership for Renewables in Africa (APRA) to boost green conversion. Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen announced the funding at a press conference…
MoreCOP28: Denmark pledges millions to mitigate effects of climate change
Denmark will donate DKK 350m ($51m) to countries facing the negative effects of climate change, including DKK 175m ($25m) earmarked for a new international climate fund, Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen said on the…
MoreLøkke contradicts Russian counterpart
Foreign Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen made a point of contradicting his Russian counterpart, Sergey Lavrov, at an international security meeting in Northern Macedonia, Thursday. The former prime minister spoke immediately after the Russian…
MoreTen arrested on suspicion of citizenship test fraud
Police have arrested 10 people for forging documents in a bid to cheat on the so-called Naturalisation Test – a test on Danish history and culture, which must be passed by citizenship applicants….
MoreCopenhagen moves forward with tourist tax plan
Copenhagen City Hall politicians have voted to move ahead with plans to copy cities such as Barcelona and Venice by imposing a tax on tourists . The proposal was passed by a slim…
MoreMinistry relaxes spouse visa rules for returning citizens
The government will make it easier for Danish citizens living abroad to bring their family back to Denmark by adjusting language and residence requirements, the Ministry of Immigration and Integration announced in a…
MoreGreenpeace protesters board Danish mining ship
Greenpeace activists boarded a Danish exploration vessel operating in the Pacific this week to protest seabed mining. Two demonstrators with banners proclaiming ‘Stop Sea Mining’ chained themselves to a crane on the deck,…
MoreFinance Minister gives his home town a DKK1m Christmas gift
Questions are being asked as to why the small Aarhus suburb of Skæring Hede – Finance Minister Nikolaj Wammen’s home district – has been granted DKK1m ($147,000) in the 2024 budget for the…
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