Following the fatal violence against a Swedish police officer in Copenhagen, Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen (S) wants to see the law tightened. The Danish government wants to toughen the punishment for deadly violence in cases where the perpetrator has previously been convicted of a violent crime.
SwedenDanish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen feels “deep sadness and violent anger” after a Swedish man was beaten and died at a football event in Copenhagen last week.
Sweden"We'll fix it," said Angela Merkel and opened the door to hundreds of thousands in crisis-hit Europe during the refugee crisis. Ten years later, the winds are blowing in a very different direction. "Too many foreigners in Europe," says Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen.
WorldMette Frederiksen's third Danish government consists of eleven women and ten men. The fact that Peter Hummelgaard will be the new Minister of Finance is interpreted as making him Frederiksen's "crown prince". We have waited a long time, but it has been worth it; the party's youth leader rejoices.
WorldThe first negotiations for a center-left government in Denmark have now been concluded.
WorldDenmark's outgoing Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen (S) will make another attempt to form a government.
WorldThe EU loan is complete and new sanctions have been imposed. Ukraine now hopes for further progress. We want to join the EU as soon as possible, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says.
WorldThe election outcome in Denmark has been described as historically fragmented. Twelve parties, with no clear coalition alignments, will compete for government power. One alternative is that Denmark will have a "monster government," says Sune Bechmann Pedersen, associate professor of history at Stockholm University.
WorldMette Frederiksen's (S) initial soundings to form a new government in Denmark have been completed. But the outgoing prime minister's proposal does not initially appear to have sufficient support.
WorldPrime Minister Mette Frederiksen (S) has called a general election. Danes will go to the polls on Tuesday, March 24.
WorldA meeting between Denmark and the United States on Greenland was "constructive," Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen said.
WorldDenmark and Greenland will meet with U.S. Senator Marco Rubio during the Munich Security Conference to discuss Greenland, Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen announced.
WorldForeign nationals in Denmark who are sentenced to at least one year in prison for a crime should be deportable, regardless of their ties to the country. The proposal, put forward by the government, may violate the European Convention on Human Rights. In Copenhagen, it is hoped the European Court of Human Rights will change its interpretation of the law.
WorldU.S. Vice President J.D. Vance will host a meeting of Danish, Greenlandic and U.S. representatives to discuss Greenland on Wednesday, while NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte continues to walk a tightrope in a war of words among NATO countries.
WorldDanish children will no longer be allowed to use social media. That is the meaning of a political agreement, announces Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen. I hope that we as a society now send a clear signal that we will become better at taking care of children and young people, she says.
WorldUkraine's supporting countries, mainly in Europe, gathered on Friday in London to show a united front in the attempts to bring an end to the Russian invasion war. Promises were made about arms deliveries, tough measures against Russian oil and gas exports, and Ukrainian access to frozen Russian assets – but several question marks remain about whether the pressure on Russia is sufficient.
WorldDenmark's Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen has presented an official apology to the Greenlandic women who have had coils inserted without knowledge or consent. Forgive for the injustice that has been committed against you. Just because you were Greenlanders, says Frederiksen at a ceremony in Nuuk.
WorldDenmark will for the first time invest in precision weapons with long range. A paradigm shift, says Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen (S): It is unfortunately necessary because Russia continuously moves the boundaries. Russia calls the decision "sheer madness".
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