Slowdown in GDP growth threatens prosperity
Economic growth in this country has slowed down over the past 10-15 years, threatening prosperity. A new study by right-leaning think-tank CEPOS shows the population would be enjoying 20% more prosperity today if…
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Infections up slightly….Restrictions eased….Under 35s at risk…. 893 new corona cases were reported, Sunday, 154 up on the previous day although the number of people tested was virtually the same – around 69,000…
MoreGreenland ice cap melting at record speed
A heat wave in Greenland has caused the ice to melt in record amounts. The Polar Portal monitoring website reports how the arctic island has lost more than 100bn tons of ice since the…
MoreJobless queue shortens but restaurants desperate for workers
The overall unemployment rate dropped to 3.8% in June, the lowest level since the start of the pandemic in March 2020. The jobless queue shortened to 108,600 as 5,300 more people found work…
MoreNew U.S. funding for Greenland creates ‘discord’ with Denmark
President Biden is following his predecessor’s Greenland policy. The U.S. has sent a further DKK65m ($10m) to Nuuk on top of the DKK75m given by the Trump Administration last year aimed at ‘education,…
MoreGovernment offers Afghan employees money, but no shelter
The government has offered local staff at Denmark’s embassy a ‘golden handshake’ but no guarantee of residency or asylum in this country. After TV2 reported, Tuesday, how local employees at the Danish embassy in Kabul…
MoreForeign Minister: No Afghan employees will be left in the lurch
Foreign Minister Jeppe Kofod broke off his vacation, Thursday, to respond to the growing criticism of the government’s unwillingness to provide shelter for Afghanistan nationals who’ve worked for Denmark during the years-long war…
MoreDenmark facing legal challenge to refugee policy
A London law firm is preparing a legal challenge to Denmark’s much-criticised Syria refugees policy. Guernica 37, a London-based firm that specialises in human rights cases, claims that ‘Denmark’s attempt to return hundreds…
MoreVirus: Infections, hospitalisations remain stable
848 new corona cases were reported, Thursday, 436 down on the previous day although only 56,368 were tested –30% fewer than Wednesday, providing a slightly reduced positivity rate of 1.5%- Professor Henrik Nielsen…
MoreRussian pipeline nears the end but still at the centre of east-west dispute
The Nord Stream 2 (NS2) gas pipeline that passes through Danish territorial waters under the Baltic Sea is near to completion but continues to cause controversy. Under a deal announced on 21 July, the…
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