New business legislation to protect national security
A parliamentary majority has passed new legislation that will require the screening of future foreign investments to ensure they don’t pose a threat to national security. The new legislation was developed in part…
MoreDenmark discussing offshore asylum centres with ‘5 to 10’ countries
Denmark is ‘in dialogue’ with 5 to 10 countries as potential hosts of an offshore asylum centre where asylum seekers can be processed. During a parliamentary consultation regarding his trip to Rwanda last…
MoreEthiopia could host processing centre for asylum seekers
The government has held talks with Ethiopia and Tunisia about the possibility of setting up Transit Processing Centers (TPCs) for asylum seekers. Although Minister for Immigration Mattias Tesfaye declined to say yesterday which countries Denmark is…
MoreDenmark backs North Macedonia EU accession
Foreign Minister Jeppe Kofod held talks with his North Macedonia counterpart, Bujar Osmani, in Copenhagen, Tuesday. In a tweeted message Mr Kofod said he’d enjoyed a ‘fruitful meeting with constructive dialogue on geopolitics …
MoreHalf a million vaccines discarded and 5.7m more on the way
The Danish health authorites have a stockpile of more than half a million discarded vaccines after Astra Zeneca and Johnson & Johnson (J&J) jabs were dropped from the national vaccination programme. 462,800 doses…
MoreVirus updates
Hospitilisations at 6-month low….’R’ rate up as society reopens…7% of population have been infected…. The number of reported corona cases rose slightly, Tuesday, but the number of people hospitalised by covid – 163…
MoreMentally ill Paludan attacker can’t be deported
A Lebanese national who attacked Rasmus Paludan, leader of the anti-Muslim ‘Stram Kurs’ (Hard Line) party, has avoided deportation. The 53-year-old, who broke through a police barrier at an anti-Muslim rally in 2019 and…
MoreEU approval for Denmark’s green deal
The European Commission has approved €400m of Danish state aid that, according to Denmark’s commissioner in charge of competition, Margrethe Vestager, ’will contribute to substantial reductions in greenhouse emissions and support the objectives…
MoreGay games to go-ahead – with restrictions
The Copenhagen 2021 World Pride and EuroGames will be going ahead in the capital as planned from August 1st but organisers have expressed concern about the government’s ‘overly-cautious approach’. As part of the…
MoreGovernment refuses to back down on controversial Syria refugees policy
Despite international criticism the government is preparing to take ’drastic steps’ to send as many Syrian refugees home as possible. In an official parliamentary response last week Integration Minister Mattias Tesfaye stated very firmly…
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