$28m direct investment in Ukraine’s defence industry
The government has signed a formal letter of intent to invest DKK200m ($28m) in Ukraine’s defence industry. The money is part of the DKK2.2bn ($312m) allocated to Ukraine two weeks ago, Denmark’s 17th…
MoreGovernment sinks to new low as voters flee
4 out of 10 voters have deserted the government coalition parties since the 2022 election. The latest Megafon poll for TV2 shows only 30.7% of the electorate would vote for either the Social…
MoreIsraeli arms inquiry widened
The independent legal inquiry into the Elbit affair has been widened and subsequently delayed, the Defence Ministry announced yesterday. Former defence minister Jacob Ellemann-Jensen quit in October following accusations of misleading parliament over the controversial…
MoreDenmark looking for EU backing after UK passes Rwanda bill
A Danish processing centre for refugees in Rwanda is still a distant dream even though the British Parliament yesterday approved a similar bill to deport asylum seekers to the east-African country. In 2021…
MoreGovernment ready to fund transfer of Air Defence systems to Ukraine
The government has indicated that it could be willing to help other countries financially if they send their Patriot Air Defence systems to Ukraine. Following a meeting in Brussels, Monday, Foreign Minister Lars…
MorePM reveals hateful messages: ‘Whore, child murderer’
Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen has chosen to share hate messages and threats she’s received on Instagram recently in which she’s been called, amongst other things, a ’child murderer’ and ’Denmark’s biggest whore’. The…
MorePM: ‘Now isn’t the time to recognise a Palestinian state’
Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen isn’t prepared to recognise a Palestinian state at the current time. Speaking at the EU Summit in Brussels, Thursday, after Spain, Ireland, and Slovenia said acknowledging Palestine as a…
MorePM urges European countries to send air-defence systems to Ukraine
Denmark, alongside the Netherlands and Czechia, has appealed to European countries to send air defence systems they aren’t using to Ukraine. After Germany announced last week it would send one of its Patriot…
More400-year-old stock exchange destroyed by fire
Most of Copenhagen’s 400-year-old Stock Exchange (Børsen) was destroyed, Tuesday, as fire ravaged the iconic building next to the Danish parliament at Christiansborg Palace. A Copenhagen Fire Department spokesman said the fire began…
MorePM in Poland: Danish-Polish cooperation has never been stronger
Danish-Polish cooperation has never been stronger – that was the message from Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen and her Polish counterpart, Donald Tusk, following talks in Warsaw, Monday, where the two leaders discussed, among…
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