Rejected asylum seeker figures lowest since 2011
The number of rejected asylum seekers awaiting deportation has fallen to a 10-year low – 806 at the end of 2021, compared to 1,155 the previous year and the first time the figures…
MoreForeign Minister urges Danes to leave Ukraine – stock market reacts to war threat
Foreign Minister Jeppe Kofod has again urged a small group of Danish nationals who remain in Ukraine to leave the country immediately. The majority of Danish citizens have left or are preparing to…
MoreSweden facing Denmark-like Mohammed crisis
The Swedish authorities fear fake social media reports of Muslim children being forcibly removed from their families could develop into a new, Danish-type Mohammed crisis. Swedish radio reports how an extensive campaign against…
More‘Green’ Danish pension funds invest in fossil fuel companies
The Mellemfolkeligt Samvirke (Danish Action Aid) organisation has accused pension companies of actively working against green conversion by continuing to invest in ‘black’ companies that deal in oil, coal or gas. Action Aid…
MoreVirus updates
The number of infections fell for the 5th day in a row, Monday, but the positivity rate of those tested is at a record high. 29,474 new corona cases were confirmed as 32.16% of…
MoreFood crisis leads to price bubble
The 4.3% increase in supermarket goods last year is only the start of a ‘price bubble’, a leading economist has warned. Henning Otte Hansen, Professor in Applied Economics and Head of Department of Food…
MoreAirport baggage handlers resume work after job warning
Flights out of Copenhagen Airport should be back to normal today after striking baggage handlers were given an ultimatum by Scandinavian Airlines (SAS) management – get back to work or you’re fired. The…
MoreDanske Bank’s pick for chairman implicated in cum-ex scandal
Martin Blessing, who Danske Bank’s Board of Directors have nominated to succeed Karsten Dybvad as chairman of the board, was for years a managing director of Germany’s Commerzbank, currently under investigation for its…
MoreForeign Minister: We need to prepare for the worst – a Russian invasion and war
Diplomacy is necessary but will have little effect on Russia, Foreign Minister Jeppe Kofod said yesterday after President Joe Biden warned Russian President Vladimir Putin in a phone call, Saturday, that the US…
More‘Elder statesmen’ accuse PM of mishandling espionage affair
Two of Denmark’s most prominent political figures in recent times have accused the government of damaging the country’s reputation by its ‘misguided’ handling of the espionage scandal. In a joint statement, Friday, former…
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