New poll: Positive response to PM’s ‘left-right’ coalition idea
Nearly half of the electorate have reacted positively to Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen’s suggestion of an across-the-aisle, multi-party coalition in the future. Although both the Liberals (Venstre) and Conservatives, the two biggest parties on…
MoreDoubts about Denmark’s support for Ukraine’s EU bid
The Foreign Ministry has dismissed international media reports that Denmark sent a ‘diplomatic note’ to the EU raising doubts about granting Ukraine candidate status for membership. According to the Bloomberg News report, some…
MoreEx-U.S. ambassador puts her foot in it…again
Former US ambassador to Denmark, Carla Sands, has been ridiculed for claiming that Danes cycle so much because they can’t afford to drive a car. In response to the rising cost of petrol…
MoreObama in Copenhagen: We need to fight for democracy
In a rousing speech to the Copenhagen Democracy Summit, Friday, former U.S. President Barack Obama called on democracies around the world to do more to push back the tide of authoritarianism and stressed the need…
MoreNo funding for government’s Kosovo prison project
The government has been denied funding for its move to relocate criminal asylum seekers and refugees to a jail in Kosovo. In December 2021, Denmark signed an agreement with Kosovo to rent a…
MoreAlly threatens to topple government
The Social Liberals (Radikale) have threatened to topple the government if it carries out its plan to send unauthorised asylum seekers to Rwanda. Party leader Sofie Carsten Nielsen told Jyllands-Posten she can no longer…
MoreNew report condemns Denmark’s anti-Muslim policies
Denmark has again been criticised for its alleged anti-Muslim policies. In a new report published Thursday, the European Commission against Racism and Intolerance (ECRI) called on Denmark to urgently address anti-Muslim discrimination and racism…
MoreEx-PM issues new Putin warning: ‘He needs to be stopped’
On the first day of the Copenhagen Democracy Summit, Thursday, ex-Danish prime minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen warned that Russia’s President Putin will continue to conquer peaceful neighbours if he isn’t stopped in Ukraine. In…
MoreHealth authorities issue virus warning as infections start to rise
Parties’ health spokespersons have been summoned to a Covid briefing at the Health Ministry this morning after a new risk evaluation by the National Serum Institute (NSI) warned of a rise in corona…
MoreSAS pilots issue strike warning
Bankruptcy-threatened Scandinavian Airlines (SAS) is under even more pressure after nearly 1,000 pilots in Denmark, Norway and Sweden warned of strike action this summer over disagreements on wages and ways to cut costs…
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