PM leads remembrance for shooting victims
Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen led the mourning last night for the victims of the weekend’s shooting tragedy. At a memorial service outside the Fields shopping mall in Amager, where three people were shot…
MoreMinister paid restaurant bills with government credit card
Minister for Food, Agriculture and Fisheries Rasmus Prehn is in hot water after tabloid daily Ekstra Bladet revealed how he has repeatedly used his government-issued credit card for private purchases. According to the…
MoreDenmark ratifies Nordic neighbours’ NATO applications
Denmark became one of the first countries to ratify Finland’s and Sweden’s NATO membership applications, Tuesday, when the Danish ambassador in Washington DC delivered the formal paperwork to the U.S. State Department. Foreign…
MoreSAS files for bankruptcy protection following pilots’ strike
Scandinavia’s flagship airline, SAS, is under even more pressure after filing for bankruptcy protection in the U.S. Nearly 1,000 SAS pilots went on strike, Monday, following a breakdown in management-union negotiations over the…
MoreNational Bank: Inflation could lead to recession
The National Bank has warned that a ’vicious spiral’ is threatening the Danish economy. In an interview with financial daily Børsen, National Bank Governor Lars Rohde said rising prices on everything from bread…
MoreDownturn in growth
The economy shrank by more than the government had projected in the year’s first quarter (Q1). The latest Statistics Denmark figures show Gross Domestic Product (GDP) dropped by 0.5 percent following a 2.8…
MoreShooter charged with murder, placed in psychiatric care institution
The 22-year-old suspect in Sunday’s shopping mall shooting was remanded in custody for 24 days by a Copenhagen Court, Monday, and placed in a secure psychiatric care facility for evaluation after being charged…
MoreU.S. right-wingers: Copenhagen shooting shows gun laws don’t work
Right-wing conservatives in the U.S. have seized on Sunday’s shopping mall tragedy in Copenhagen as evidence that strict gun laws don’t stop mass shootings. Irene Armendariz-Jackson, a Texas politician, tweeted: “A shooting at…
MorePM facing reprimand from her own party
Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen and former food minister, Mogens Jensen, can expect a parliamentary reprimand (a so-called ‘nose’) today for their handling of the mass mink cull, TV2 reported last night. In an…
MorePM criticised for protecting top advisor
Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen has come under fire for refusing to suspend her top advisor, Barbara Bertelsen. The Mink Commission concluded last week that Ms Bertelsen and nine other top civil servants should…
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