The Week That Was, February 5th – 11th 2023:
Politics/Economy: The foreign trade surplus increased in December as exports rose faster than imports – overall, the trade surplus for 2023 shrank to DKK 271.3 billion from DKK 314.2 billion in 2022. Ex-Moderates…
Sweden drops Nord Stream probe – Denmark to provide more information ‘very soon’
Sweden has dropped its investigation into the 2022 explosions on Nord Stream pipelines carrying Russian gas to Germany, saying it ‘lacked jurisdiction’ in the case. Following the news, Danish police said on Wednesday…
New developments in Nordstream sabotage probe
Sweden’s investigation into the Nord Stream gas explosions is entering a new phase. Prosecutor Mats Ljungqvist who’s heading the probe told the Expressen newspaper there will be ‘developments’ this week but declined to…
The Week That Was, October 16th – 22nd 2023
Politics/Economy: Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen said Denmark stands ’shoulder to shoulder’ with Sweden after two Swedish football fans were shot dead in a suspected Islamist terror attack in central Brussels – she condemned…
The Week That Was, September 25th – October 1st 2023
Politics/Economy: A new survey showed 65% of voters believe the government’s proposal for DKK5bn in tax relief is misguided and among Social Democrat voters the disparity is even greater – 82% don’t want…
Media probe indicates Ukrainian involvement in Nord Stream sabotage
Newly-found evidence suggests that Ukrainians were onboard a suspicious yacht that docked three times in Danish ports ahead of the sabatoge of the Nord Stream pipelines last year – twice at Christiansø in…
Russian ambassador: Denmark scared of cooperating on Nord Stream investigation
Russia’s Ambassador to Denmark, Vladimir Barbin, has claimed that Denmark doesn’t want to cooperate on a joint investigation of the Nord Stream pipeline sabotage in Danish territorial waters last year because Russia could find…
Germany finds explosives in mysterious Nord Stream yacht
Germany has found traces of explosives in a yacht they claim was used in the attack on the Nord Stream pipelines off the coast of Bornholm last year. The information has been sent to…
The Week That Was, June 12th -18th 2023
Politics/Economy: Acting Defence Minister Troels Lund Poulsen came out in defence of beleaguered Liberal leader Jakob Ellemann-Jensen who’s accused of misleading parliament over the approval of a DKK1.7bn ($250m) deal with controversial Israeli…
Dutch spies warned CIA about Ukrainian Nord Stream plot
Dutch Military Intelligence (MIVD) warned the American intelligence agency, CIA, last year about an alleged Ukrainian plan to blow up the Nord Stream pipelines three months before they were hit, Dutch and German…
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