Ukraine Ambassador: Danish journalist broke the law
The DR News journalist who claims she’s been banned from entering Ukraine for spreading Russian propaganda ‘violated our laws and rules’, the country’s Ambassador to Denmark, Vydoinyk Mykhailo, said yesterday. Matilde Kimer, an…
MoreZelensky makes new appeal for Danish missile systems
With Kyiv and other cities under bombardment from Russia, Ukraine’s President Zelensky has renewed his appeal to Denmark for more defence missiles – specifically, 6 French-produced Caesar howitzers, powerful, long-range guns. In a…
MoreVoters support centrist coalition but Liberal leader pays the price for breach of promise
While a majority of voters support the idea of an across the centre government a significant number have lost confidence in the ’triumvirate’s’ three leaders – and especially Liberal leader Jacob Ellemann-Jensen. Although…
MoreNew cabinet – Ellemann number 2, Løkke grabs foreign ministry
Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen presented her new team of cabinet ministers, Thursday, as the Liberals (Venstre) and Moderates cemented their position in the new centrist coalition. Liberal leader Jakob Ellemann-Jensen was appointed deputy…
MoreNew government lays out political platform: Targets tax reform, inflation, defence spending, CO2 emissions…..
Acting prime minister Mette Frederiksen, alongside her new partners, Liberal leader Jacob Ellemann-Jensen and Moderates leader Lars Løkke Rasmussen, laid out the new government’s political platform, Wednesday. The 63-page document, entitled ‘Responsibility for…
MoreNew government: Acting PM announces grand coalition
Denmark has a new government. After six weeks of negotiations, acting prime minister Mette Frederiksen has announced a ‘grand coalition’ that will bring together the Social Democrats, the Liberals (Venstre) and the Moderates….
MoreDenmark under pressure to apologise for slavery
Denmark could come under increasing pressure to apologise for its colonial-era slavery if, as expected, the Dutch government does so later this month. Netherlands Prime Minister Mark Rutte said after meeting with representatives…
MoreModerates, Liberals back down on mink inquiry ultimatum
Moderates leader Lars Løkke Rasmussen and Liberal leader Jacob Ellemann-Jensen have backed down from their demand for an independent legal probe of acting prime minister Mette Frederiksen’s role in the Minkgate affair –…
MoreMinistry of Defence hit by cyber attack
Several Ministry of Defence websites suffered a cyber-attack, Thursday. The Ministry initially claimed the outage was due to a technical error but later confirmed that the sites were hit by a distributed denial-of-service…
MoreSocialists quit government talks
The Socialist People’s Party (SPP) quit government negotiations, Wednesday, claiming political differences with the Liberals were too great. Party leader Pia Olsen Dyhr said talks had reached a point where the SPP had…
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