New poll: ‘Yes’ side on course for victory
Voters are ready to dump Denmark’s defence opt-put by a 2 to 1 majority. In the final Megafon poll for TV2 ahead of Wednesday’s referendum, 65.4% of respondents said they will vote to…
MoreGovernment’s flip-flop policy on opt-out debate
Why is the Prime Minister campaigning so hard to drop the defence opt-out, which just six months ago she characterised as ’irrelevant’ and ‘hardly worth talking about’ – that’s the question asked by…
MoreDropping defence opt-out will cost DKK26m a year
If the electorate votes to drop the defence opt-out on Wednesday it will come at a cost – an estimated DKK26m ($3.7m) annually according to a projection by the Foreign Ministry, in the…
MoreDenmark’s opt-outs – 29 years of indecision
Wednesday’s ‘showdown’ referendum on the EU defence opt-out is the third to be held since Denmark was granted four ‘reservations’ from EU cooperation in 1993 by the then 12 EU Member States, after…
MoreDanish long-range anti-ship missiles could be used to defend Odessa
Danish missiles could be used to deter Russia from bombing the historic port city of Odessa in the Black Sea. After Ukraine’s Defence Minister Oleksiy Reznikov confirmed on Saturday that Harpoon anti-ship missiles…
MoreDanish Jehovah’s witness back in Denmark
49-year-old Dennis Christensen, a Danish Jehovah’s Witness who was released from a Russian prison on Wednesday, has returned to Denmark. Mr Christensen was arrested in 2017 for leading a prayer meeting after Russia…
MoreFormer police worker charged in sex crime affair
A former employee of east-Jutland police has been charged with hacking, or attempting to hack, the phone of 140 employees to gain access to evidence in cases of child pornography and other sexual-related…
More‘Yes’ side heading for comfortable majority in opt-out referendum
The last Gallup poll before Wednesday’s EU referendum indicates Denmark’s defence opt-out is heading for the trash can – 57% say they intend to vote ‘yes’ to drop the controversial opt-out, with only…
MoreRussia blocks Politiken’s war coverage
Moscow has blocked internet access to Politiken because the left-leaning daily continues to publish articles covering the war in Ukraine in Russian. Since Russia’s invasion nearly three months ago, three Nordic newspapers –…
MoreLatvian minister joins opt-out debate
Latvia has urged Danish voters to drop the defence opt-out in Wednesday’s referendum. When European defence ministers discuss a Latvian proposal for demining operations in Ukraine, Denmark is excluded from the negotiating table…
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