The Week That Was, June 2nd – June 8th 2025:
Politics/Economy: A new poll showed the three government parties would win no more than 34.6% of the vote if an election was held right now and just 63 seats, well shy of the…
MoreThe Week That Was, May 26th – June 1st 2025:
Politics/Economy: Defence Minister Troels Lund Poulsen was grilled by MPs after it was revealed that a sentence ruling out nuclear weapons on Danish soil in peacetime had quietly vanished from a new military…
MoreThe week that was, May 19th-25th 2025:
Politics/Economy: The government’s plan to double prison sentences for violent crimes could also make it easier to deport foreign offenders. Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen said she is ‘glad’ to be part of the…
MoreThe Week That Was, May 12th-18th 2025:
Politics/Economy: The Danish Energy Agency (DEA) raised the threat level across all major energy sectors from green to yellow – marking a ‘medium’ risk – in response to the rising threat of sabotage…
MoreThe Week That Was, May 5th-11th 2025:
Politics/Economy: The traditional centre-left coalition could seize power if an election was held today – a new Voxmeter poll showed the four ’red-bloc’ parties – Social Democrats, Green Left (SF), Red/Greens, and Social…
MoreThe Week That Was, April 28th – May 4th 2025:
Politics/Economy: Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen warned that Denmark is facing its most serious security crisis since the Second World War. The Red/Greens and Green Left, the two most left-wing parties in parliament, warned…
MoreThe Week That Was, April 22nd – 27th 2025:
Politics/Economy: More Danish troops will be stationed on the island of Bornholm as part of a major restructuring of the armed forces – Defence Minister Troels Lund Poulsen said the new ‘Bornholm Regiment’…
MoreThe Week That Was, April 7 – 13th 2025:
Politics/Economy: Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen declined to issue any guarantees about Denmark’s new multi-million missile defence system after experts claimed that the forthcoming DKK25bn investment in one long-range and two short-range air defence…
MoreThe Week That Was, March 31st – April 6th 2025:
Politics/Economy: Hundreds of sea mines will be deployed in and around Denmark’s territorial waters over the next four years to strengthen military defences amid increasing concerns over the threat posed by Russia –…
MoreThe Week That Was, March 24th – 30th 2025:
Politics/Economy: Police found more than 6,000 images and 2,000 video clips containing child abuse material when they raided the home of former Social Democrat minister Henrik Sass Larsen, a former close advisor to…
More
Danish Krone Exchange Rate