https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Denmark in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed Denmark's prime minister warned regional allies Monday that a NATO target to boost defence spending by 2032 would come "too late", as countries arm in response to Russia's invasion of Ukraine. https://www.thelocal.dk/20250602/danish-pm-frederiksen-says-nato-defence-spending-target-too-late Mon, 02 Jun 2025 17:39:07 +0200 danish-pm-frederiksen-says-nato-defence-spending-target-too-late Denmark's Foreign Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen is hoping to meet his US counterpart Marco Rubio at a NATO meeting this week, his ministry has confirmed amid tensions over US President Donald Trump's pledge to take Greenland. https://www.thelocal.dk/20250402/danish-fm-rasmussen-could-meet-us-counterpart-rubio-amid-greenland-tensions Wed, 02 Apr 2025 13:50:08 +0200 danish-fm-rasmussen-could-meet-us-counterpart-rubio-amid-greenland-tensions He's been dubbed the "Trump whisperer," but NATO general secretary Mark Rutte struggled to get a word in Thursday as the US president mused about annexing Greenland and criticised allies over defence spending. https://www.thelocal.dk/20250314/why-natos-trump-whisperer-general-secretary-is-treading-carefully-on-greenland Fri, 14 Mar 2025 12:27:48 +0100 why-natos-trump-whisperer-general-secretary-is-treading-carefully-on-greenland Denmark's political parties have agreed unanimously to support a future decision to contribute Danish troops to a peacekeeping force in Ukraine, if required to police a future ceasefire with Russia, the country's government announced on Monday afternoon. https://www.thelocal.dk/20250310/danish-parliament-backs-sending-peacekeepers-to-ukraine Mon, 10 Mar 2025 18:00:32 +0100 danish-parliament-backs-sending-peacekeepers-to-ukraine Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen says the Danish government is "open-minded" on the issue of using its military as a peacekeeping force in Ukraine but warned a key question was if the United States was "going to back up on Europe". https://www.thelocal.dk/20250218/danish-pm-open-minded-but-wants-us-support-on-use-of-troops-in-ukraine Tue, 18 Feb 2025 11:50:04 +0100 danish-pm-open-minded-but-wants-us-support-on-use-of-troops-in-ukraine Under steel grey skies, the Dutch minehunting vessel Schiedam cuts through the waters dividing Denmark and Sweden, part of NATO's Baltic Sentry mission to protect underwater infrastructure in the Baltic Sea. https://www.thelocal.dk/20250214/nato-ships-on-the-lookout-for-sabotage-in-danish-waters Fri, 14 Feb 2025 12:13:43 +0100 nato-ships-on-the-lookout-for-sabotage-in-danish-waters Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen said on Tuesday that she agrees with Nato’s general secretary, Mark Rutte, that member states should now spend over 2 percent of their GDP on defence. https://www.thelocal.dk/20250114/danish-pm-suggests-new-round-of-increased-defence-spending Tue, 14 Jan 2025 14:11:49 +0100 danish-pm-suggests-new-round-of-increased-defence-spending US troops are planning to take part in a military exercise on the island of Bornholm next month, marking the third time in three years US soldiers have trained on Danish soil. https://www.thelocal.dk/20240427/us-troops-to-mount-exercise-on-danish-baltic-island Sat, 27 Apr 2024 12:38:58 +0200 us-troops-to-mount-exercise-on-danish-baltic-island Nato General Secretary Jens Stoltenberg this week confirmed he will continue in his position with the military alliance for at least another year. Denmark’s Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen had been strongly rumoured as a potential successor. https://www.thelocal.dk/20230704/stoltenberg-stays-on-at-nato-what-next-for-danish-pm-frederiksen Tue, 04 Jul 2023 17:41:45 +0200 stoltenberg-stays-on-at-nato-what-next-for-danish-pm-frederiksen Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen will meet US President Joe Biden on June 5th in her first one-on-one meeting at the White House since taking power in 2019. https://www.thelocal.dk/20230524/danish-pm-to-meet-us-president-at-white-house Wed, 24 May 2023 11:32:43 +0200 danish-pm-to-meet-us-president-at-white-house Turkey summoned Denmark's ambassador on Friday to condemn Copenhagen for allowing a far-right extremist to burn Korans over Ankara's refusal to let Sweden and Finland join NATO. https://www.thelocal.dk/20230128/turkey-summons-danish-envoy-over-koran-burnings Sat, 28 Jan 2023 15:46:45 +0100 turkey-summons-danish-envoy-over-koran-burnings Turkey has dropped its objections to Sweden and Finland joining Nato, paving the way for the two Nordic nations to join the North Atlantic defence alliance. Could Denmark benefit? https://www.thelocal.dk/20220629/could-denmark-benefit-from-swedish-and-finnish-nato-membership Wed, 29 Jun 2022 18:48:32 +0200 could-denmark-benefit-from-swedish-and-finnish-nato-membership Denmark’s Minister of Defence Morten Bødskov said on Friday he wants to increase the viability of west coast port Esbjerg for use by military alliance Nato, including troops from the United States. https://www.thelocal.dk/20220520/defence-minister-would-welcome-nato-troops-in-danish-port-city Fri, 20 May 2022 15:36:52 +0200 defence-minister-would-welcome-nato-troops-in-danish-port-city Norway, Denmark and Iceland stated on Monday they would provide assistance "by all means necessary" to their Nordic neighbours, Sweden and Finland, should either of the latter two countries face attacks on their territory before joining Nato. https://www.thelocal.dk/20220516/norway-and-denmark-give-guarantee-to-nordic-neighbours-over-nato-bids Mon, 16 May 2022 18:36:56 +0200 norway-and-denmark-give-guarantee-to-nordic-neighbours-over-nato-bids Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen has declared herself calm before meeting US president Donald Trump at the ongoing Nato summit in the United Kingdom. https://www.thelocal.dk/20191204/danish-pm-not-embarrassed-prior-to-trump-nato-meeting Wed, 04 Dec 2019 18:07:46 +0100 danish-pm-not-embarrassed-prior-to-trump-nato-meeting Denmark's government on Tuesday offered to lead a Nato mission to train Iraqi forces, saying it was prepared to send 200 troops to Iraq at the end of next year. https://www.thelocal.dk/20191127/denmark-offers-to-lead-nato-training-mission-in-iraq Wed, 27 Nov 2019 16:06:09 +0100 denmark-offers-to-lead-nato-training-mission-in-iraq Russian military build-up in the region means that Danish presence in the Baltic Sea is increasingly necessary, says defence minister Claus Hjort Frederiksen. https://www.thelocal.dk/20170504/denmark-to-command-nato-fleet-in-north-atlantic Thu, 04 May 2017 11:14:52 +0200 denmark-to-command-nato-fleet-in-north-atlantic US Defence Secretary James Mattis used his first Nato meeting to assure its allies of Washington's commitment to the alliance but he also delivered an ultimatum to American allies. https://www.thelocal.dk/20170216/us-will-moderate-commitment-to-nato-if-allies-dont-spend-more-can-denmark-deliver Thu, 16 Feb 2017 10:48:04 +0100 us-will-moderate-commitment-to-nato-if-allies-dont-spend-more-can-denmark-deliver Danish Prime Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen said that he had a short but positive telephone conversation with US President-elect Donald Trump on Wednesday. https://www.thelocal.dk/20161117/trump-praises-danes-in-phone-chat-with-pm Thu, 17 Nov 2016 09:36:25 +0100 trump-praises-danes-in-phone-chat-with-pm US President Barack Obama welcomed leaders from five Nordic countries to the White House on Friday, using the occasion to direct criticism at Vladimir Putin's Russia. https://www.thelocal.dk/20160514/obama-warns-russia-on-nordic-threats Sat, 14 May 2016 11:47:55 +0200 obama-warns-russia-on-nordic-threats