Dangerous PFAS chemicals found in grass and water near coastlines
The Danish Nature Agency tested 67 samples of grass in coastal Jutland and Zealand and found elevated values of damaging PFAS (per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances) in 60 of them. The chemical was also…
MoreUnion bosses hold emergency meeting to discuss axed holiday
Leaders of Denmark’s major trade unions held an emergency meeting on Thursday evening to discuss the government’s plan to drop the Great Prayer Day public holiday. This comes after the government presented a…
MoreHundreds laid off
Leo Pharma, a Danish pharmaceutical company, has laid off 300 employees, far more than initially announced a year ago. The cuts are part of a strategy to improve the company’s competitiveness and commercial…
MoreHigh Court accepts evidence from encrypted chat service
Defence lawyers in a murder and attempted murder case objected to the use of evidence from EncroChat, an encrypted chat service. But the High Court ruled Thursday that the evidence is permissible. French…
MoreMinistry taken to court over Brexit deportations
Denmark’s strict stance towards British citizens who missed the deadline to apply for a permit to remain in the country after Brexit will now be tried in court. Over 300 Britons failed to…
MoreRacist politician jailed
A former politician for the anti-migrant New Right part was sentenced to six months in prison on Thursday for making racist and derogatory statements. 55-year-old Lars Kiil was found guilty of sending a…
MoreNATO Secretary General provides answer to Danish dilemma
While the government is torn between reinforcing its own military to live up to NATO requirements or using a significant part of the defence budget to supply Ukraine with much-needed weapon systems, NATO’s…
MorePotential New Right leader dreams of a ‘Denmark without mosques’
The man who could become the next leader of the anti-migrant New Right party wants to ‘reclaim’ Denmark for the Danes before it’s too late. 27-year-old Mikkel Bjørn, one of the five MPs…
MoreCoalition parties disagree on repatriating Danish kids from Syria
The government coalition is divided on the issue of repatriating more Danish children from Kurdish-controlled prison camps in northern Syria. The previous Social Democrat-only government offered to evacuate all the Danish kids, but…
MoreKyiv wants to become Copenhagen’s twin city
Copenhagen and Kyiv are working on an agreement to become ‘twin cities’. In a press release, Lord Mayor of Copenhagen Sophie Hæstorp Andersen said the Danish capital stands side by side with Ukrainians…
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