Ambassador’s audio file released after 15-month delay
An audio file revealing details of a meeting between Faroese prime minister Bárdur á Steig Nielsen and China’s Ambassador to Denmark Feng Tie has finally been released 15 months after the Faroe Islands’…
MoreDenmark accuses China of withholding corona information
Denmark is one of fourteen countries that have signed a declaration criticising a World Health Organisation (WHO) report into the beginnings of the coronavirus pandemic in Wuhan. In addition to Denmark, the USA, Australia,…
MoreGovernment urges EU to up its green ambitions
The government is determined to leave a considerable green, Danish footprint when the EU negotiates new targets for the energy sector. Berlingske reports that Denmark will lobby for at least 45 percent of…
MoreTask force for Syria kids won’t help Kofod
The government is moving ahead with plans to set up a cross-ministerial task force with a mandate to solve the problem of Danish children in Syrian detention camps. According to a leaked memo…
MoreImmigration Minister urges unemployed immigrants to return home
Minister for Immigration Mattias Tesfaye has set his sights on becoming known as the minister for emigration too. In February Mr Tesfaye, the self-proclaimed ‘guardian of the welfare state’ said the government is…
MoreEaster concerns as virus continues to spread
Ahead of expected family gatherings and more social contact over the Easter weekend the authorities have warned that, with regards to corona, it’s still a race against time. Although more and more people…
MoreVirus updates
Infections, hospitalisations up….Vaccination timetable brought forward…. 679 new corona cases were reported, Monday, based on 138,662 tests, a positivity rate of 0.49% compared to 0.37%, Sunday. 216 people are hospitalised, 16 up on…
MoreMinistry tells Danes to get out of Myanmar
The Foreign Ministry has advised all Danish nationals in Myanmar to leave the country as soon as possible amidst the violence due to the military coup. According to Denmark’s ambassador, John Nielsen, there…
MoreBusiness organisation: Student loans not grants
The Danish Chamber of Commerce (DCC) is pushing for reform of the generous student grant (SU) system. The DCC has proposed that those who carry on studying after bachelor level should be offered…
MoreArrest order for tax scammers
Glostrup District Court has issued an international arrest order for the two alleged kingpins behind the multi-billion share dividend scandal. In January the two British nationals – Sanjay Shah and Anthony Mark Patterson…
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