The Week That Was, March 17th – 23rd 2025:
Politics/Economy: The Social Democrats’ comeback continues – a new opinion poll indicated the ruling party would win nearly 24% of the vote if an election was held today. Another poll showed 9 out…
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Politics/Economy: The pro-business Demokraatit (Democrats) opposition party emerged as the winner with 29.9% of the vote in Greenland’s general election – party leader Jens-Friederik Nielsen said the outcome should make it abundantly evident…
MoreThe Week That Was, March 3rd-9th 2025:
Politics/Economy: Greenland’s prime minister issued a defiant ‘hands off’ after President Trump warned in a speech to Congress that the United States will acquire the territory ‘one way or another’ – Defence Minister…
MoreThe Week That Was, February 24th – March 2nd 2025:
Politics/Economy: Danish newspapers were full of praise for Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen on the 3rd anniversary of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine – Berlingske applauded the PM for pushing for an immediate increase in…
MoreThe Week That Was, February 17-23rd 2025:
Politics/Economy: The government allocated DKK50bn ($7bn) to an ‘acceleration fund’ to speed up military rearmament over the next two years, which will bring defence spending up to 3% of GDP from 2.4% in…
MoreThe Week That Was, February 10-16th 2025:
Politics/Economy: Minister for Culture Jakob Engel-Schmidt was summoned to a parliamentary hearing over a controversial TV documentary aired by state-run DR earlier that was denounced for falsely claiming that Denmark earned billions of…
MoreThe Week That Was, February 3rd-9th 2025:
Politics/Economy: A new Gallup survey for Berlingske showed the ruling Social Democrats are at 23%, a 2-year high, with a 3.4% rise since December – voters have rewarded Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen for her…
MoreThe Week That Was, January 27th – February 2nd 2025:
Politics/Economy: During a 1-day, whirlwind trip of European capitals Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen met with Germany’s Chancellor Olaf Scholz in Berlin, President Emmanuel Macron in Paris, and NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte in…
MoreThe Week That Was, January 20th – 26th 2025:
Politics/Economy: Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen asked the public to respect the government’s need for secrecy regarding President Trump’s ambitions for Greenland after the government was accused of failing to speak out against the…
MoreThe Week That Was, January 13th – 9th 2025:
Politics/Economy: Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen said the the Baltic Sea and its underwater infrastructure are a complex security situation so Denmark will need to spend more money on defence in the coming years…
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