Tanks to Ukraine delayed by technical issues
Denmark’s donation of Leopard 1 tanks to Ukraine has been postponed due to maintenance problems. Earlier this year Denmark entered into an international collaboration to donate least 100 decommissioned Leopard 1 tanks, some of…
MoreUkrainian Minister: F-16 training postponed after ‘broken promise’
The F-16 training programme for Ukrainian pilots, scheduled to begin in June, has been put back as ‘the timeline keeps changing,’ Ukraine’s foreign minister, Dmytro Kuleba told Ukrainian news outlet Ukrainska Pravda, Wednesday….
MoreAccused in dividend fraud case jailed due to “flight risk”
British hedge fund trader Anthony Mark Patterson, one of the alleged ringleaders of the 2016 multi-billion share dividend scam , was remanded in custody for four weeks by Glostrup District Court, Wednesday. The presiding…
MoreNATO appointment casts more doubts on Prime Minister
Jens Stoltenberg’s decision to stay on as NATO Secretary General for another year is the ‘worst possible outcome’ for Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen, political analysts said last night in response to the news…
MoreMulti-million civil aid package for Ukraine
The government has allocated DKK615m ($89m) in its first civil aid support package to Ukraine, part of the DKK21.9bn Ukraine Fund. Launched Monday, the Reconstruction Package 1 will be targeted towards the reconstruction…
MoreCyber agency warns of Russian, Chinese threat
Danish companies are exposed to spy attacks every day that pose a threat to national security, the Centre for Cyber Security (CDCS) has warned in its latest threat evaluation. Just weeks after reports…
MoreDefence Minister: DKK 143bn is not enough to meet all NATO targets
Despite Wednesday’s landmark agreement to allocate an extra DKK 143bn to defence spending over the next decade, Acting Defence Minister Troels Lund Poulsen is uncertain that Denmark can meet NATO’s country-specific targets within…
MoreParties agree on ‘historic’ defence bill
A wide, cross-party majority has reached agreement on a new defence bill that will boost military spending by DKK143bn ($21bn) over the next ten years and bring Denmark in line with NATO’s requirement…
MoreForeign Minister: No special favours for Ukraine
Ukraine shouldn’t be granted any special concessions in its bid for EU membership, Foreign Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen said yesterday ahead of a Luxembourg ministerial meeting where the next phase of EU expansion…
MoreKudos for Denmark but Copenhagen peace meeting was a waste of time
The ‘hush-hush’ conference in Copenhagen over the weekend may have earned Denmark points with the U.S. but it’s been dismissed as a waste of time by Danish analysts. Security and political advisors from…
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