Rejected Syrians could be sent back to Denmark
28 Syrian nationals and family members denied asylum in Denmark have resurfaced in other countries over the past few months, Jyllands Posten reports this morning, which could lead to a test of Denmark’s…
MoreBritish media highlights Denmark’s strict immigration policy
As the UK faces a rising wave of immigrants the right-wing Daily Mail has urged the country’s Home Secretary, Priti Patel, to look towards Denmark ‘where ‘Immigration Minister Mattias Tesfaye has managed to…
MoreVirus updates
Slight dip in infections but hospitalisations up…Anti-vaccination demonstation… 3,145 new corona cases were reported Sunday, the second day the daily infection rate has declined. 143,762 people were tested, providing a positivity rate of…
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Baltic Pipe close to completion….Turkey ‘not interested’ in Denmark’s second-hand fighter jets…. The Baltic Pipe project, a 275-kilometre long gas pipeline connecting Poland with Norwegian gas fields via the Baltic Sea and Denmark,…
MoreGood week, Bad week….
It was a good week for… … the Conservatives who emerged as the biggest winner in Tuesday’s municipal elections, with support rising in 92 of the 98 municipalities… … the Red/Green Alliance in…
MorePM’s ‘right-hand woman’ blames Food Ministry for mink scandal
Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen’s closest advisor, Barbara Bertelsen, told the Mink Commission, Thursday, that she was unaware the government’s decision to cull Denmark’s entire mink herd was illegal until four days after the…
MoreGovernment given mandate to challenge EU on minimum wage
Parliament has given the government the go-ahead to vote no to a EU Directive that would ensure a minimum wage for workers throughout the union. Following a meeting of parliament’s Europe Committee, Thursday, acting employment…
MoreDPP leadership battle – Støjberg waits on the sidelines
Less than 48 hours after Danish People’s Party (DPP) leader Kristian Thulesen Dahl announced he would be stepping down a ‘war of the wings’ has broken out in the populist party over his…
MoreVirus updates
Daily infection rate tops 4,000…40% want to copy Austria…Government funds new corona pills…. 4,013 new corona cases were reported Thursday, close to the all-time high of 4,408 recorded on December 18th last year….
MoreForeign Ministry’s ‘Big Tech’ conference sparks off democracy debate
A virtual global conference hosted by Denmark’s Foreign Ministry, Thursday, sparkled off a debate about the role of democracy in the new ‘tech world’. The Tech for Democracy 2021 conference, a Danish-led initiative…
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