Ursula von der Leyen in Copenhagen today
President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen arrives in Copenhagen today for talks with Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen about how Denmark is spending its share of the €800bn ($970bn) earmarked last…
MoreAustria admires Denmark’s Africa plan but restrained by EU
During a visit to Denmark, Wednesday, Austria’s Ministry of the Interior Karl Nehammer said his country would like to copy Denmark’s plan for an offshore processing centre for asylum seekers in Africa – but can’t….
MoreDisgraced ex-leader quits politics
Ex-Social Liberal (Radikale) leader Morten Østergaard is quitting politics to become a climate advisor in the private sector. In a Facebook message, Wednesday, Mr Østergaard, who was forced to step down last year…
MoreUkranian fined DKK71m
A 33-year-old Ukraine national has been sentenced to four years in prison, with deportation to follow, for running an illegal cigarette factory. Volodymyr Voznichak admitted to being part of a ring that produced…
MoreTeams, fans to join 10th minute tribute to Eriksen
The Danish and Belgian national teams will join together this evening in a show of support for Christian Eriksen who’s recovering in hospital after suffering cardiac arrest during Denmark’s Euro 2020 loss to…
MoreVirus updates
Hospitalisations at 9-month low as positivity rate sinks….Corona eradicates flu…. Only 353 new corona cases were reported, Wednesday, as the number of patients hospitalised by covid dropped by 8 to 93, the lowest…
MoreDenmark donates extra $8 million to Iraq
Denmark has granted an extra DKK50.3m ($8m) to help stabilsation efforts in Iraq. Reliefweb.int reports that the funding will ’support the safe return of people in areas liberated from the Islamic State in…
MoreTax agency in ‘peace deal’ with tax scammer
Sanjay Shah, the alleged kingpin in the DKK12bn share dividend scam, and the Danish Tax Agency (SKAT) have entered into an agreement to maintain the global freeze on his assets. Shah is a virtual…
More‘Negative nation branding’ works for Denmark as asylum seekers stay away
Denmark’s hardline immigration policy and crackdown on asylum seekers has provoked negative headlines abroad and criticism from the UN and EU but, according to researchers, the strategy has worked. Although most of the…
MoreDefence Minister: Russian jets over Bornholm were a ‘deliberate provocation’
It was a deliberate provocation when two Russian fighter jets violated Denmark’s airspace last Friday, Defence Minister Trine Bramsen said yesterday after briefing parliament’s Foreign Policy Committee about the incident. After viewing video…
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