Ex-minister suffers memory lapse in Minkgate grilling
Ex-food minister Mogens Jensen has denied it was his ministry that recommended the cull of every single mink in Denmark last year. In testimony to the Mink Commission, Thursday, Mr Jensen, who quit…
MoreImmigration Minister urges Poland to call in the EU as border crisis worsens
Immigration Minister Mattias Tesfaye has urged the Polish government to seek EU help to keep out the thousands of migrants who have gathered along the country’s border with Belarus in an attempt to…
MoreSupport for Denmark’s bid to end oil and gas production
France, Sweden, Ireland and Greenland have joined the Beyond Oil and Gas Alliance (BOGA) an alliance of countries, led by Denmark and Costa Rica, committed to ending future oil and gas production within…
MoreGreenland bans uranium mining and exploration
By a narrow 12-9 majority the Greenland parliament (Inatsisartut) has passed legislation that effectively kills off the controversial rare-earth mining project at Kvanefjeld in the south of the island that was being developed…
MoreVirus updates
The National Serum Institute reported 2,132 new infections, Thursday, but acknowledged the number wasn’t accurate as the data from around 100,000 tests is missing – which means the final tally will probably top…
MoreHigh Court ignores ECHR ruling – jails Romanian beggar
The High Court has found a Romanian man guilty of begging in Copenhagen and sentenced him to 20 days in prison. In a landmark ruling the Court ruled the man’s right to a…
MoreImmigration figures up – population at all-time high
The immigration figures are fast approaching pre-corona levels. 30,000 people moved to Denmark in the third quarter (Q3) of this year, 92% of the corresponding period in 2019 before the pandemic closed the…
MoreDenmark offers to help Poland patrol border
Denmark has offered to help Poland protect its border after hundreds of migrants and refugees attempted to enter the country from Belarus, Tuesday evening. The Polish government has already stationed 15,000 troops along…
MoreNo majority for welfare bill as Social Liberals play hardball
The government is facing problems putting together a majority for its much-vaunted welfare bill that will be given its first reading in parliament today. The plan to protect the welfare state by legally…
MoreVirus updates
Daily infections top 3,000…319 hospitalised…..Employers can demand corona pass…. The number of new corona cases topped 3,000, Wednesday, the most since the height of the pandemic last year. The 3,017 new infections were…
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