Government sends DKK105m to UNRWA after receiving ‘assurances’
The government has decided to go ahead and pay out DKK105m in humanitarian aid to the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestinian Refugees (UNRWA) that’s been withheld since January after Israel accused…
MoreCompulsory military conscription for women as government ups defence spending again
As previously reported, the government presented a plan, Wednesday, to increase defence spending by more than DKK 40bn ($6 b) over the next four years, primarily financed by an increase in state debt….
MoreParliament green-lights new DKK 2.3bn aid package for Ukraine
Parliament has finalised Denmark’s 16th military aid package to Ukraine, worth DKK 2.3bn ($336.6m). The money will help fund the purchase of Caesar artillery shells in cooperation with France and artillery shells in…
MoreForeign Minister launches new Africa strategy
Denmark needs to adjust its commitment to Africa before China becomes too influential, Foreign Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen said, Monday, at the launch of a new ‘Africa strategy’, a framework for future cooperation…
MoreConservative leader’s funeral sparks media debate
The role of the media played a significant tole when 2,000 mourners paid their last respects to Søren Pape Poulsen in Viborg, Saturday, the deceased Conservative leader’s hometown. 800 people gathered in Viborg…
MoreGovernment vows to fight rising anti-Semitism
The government will convene all-party talks about rising anti-Semitism in this country after the Danish Jewish Community published a report, Thursday, showing 121 incidents of verbal and physical attacks on Jews last year….
MoreCoalition parties against war tax
Two of the three coalition partners have dismissed rumours the government is preparing to impose a ’war tax’. Following weeks of speculation at Christiansborg (Parliament) about a possible security tax to finance extra…
MoreGovernment considers Gaza airdrop
A UN official has warned that Danish emergency aid to Gaza could end up in the hands of the Hamas terrorist organisation. After Foreign Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen said yesterday the government is…
MoreLawsuit rekindles memories of Denmark’s dark colonial past
143 Indigenous women in Greenland are suing Denmark for forcing them to be fitted with a IUD, commonly known as a coil, during the 1960s and 70s, a contraceptive device placed inside the…
MoreConservative party leader passes away after sudden collapse
Conservative Party leader Søren Pape Poulsen died suddenly on Saturday after suffering a cerebral hemorrhage. He was 52. Mr Poulsen collapsed unexpectedly while speaking at a party conference in Vejen and was rushed to…
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