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 The former immigration minister Inger Støjberg has announced she will leave the opposition Liberal (Venstre) party and continue in parliament as an independent. https://www.thelocal.dk/20210204/danish-ex-minister-quits-party-after-impeachment-trial-fallout Thu, 04 Feb 2021 13:57:11 +0100 danish-ex-minister-quits-party-after-impeachment-trial-fallout Denmark's parliament on Tuesday referred a former minister to a rarely used special court over accusations that she broke the law when ordering the separation of asylum-seeking couples while in office. https://www.thelocal.dk/20210202/danish-parliament-launches-impeachment-trial-for-ex-minister Tue, 02 Feb 2021 22:45:46 +0100 danish-parliament-launches-impeachment-trial-for-ex-minister Inger Støjberg, the former immigration minister and deputy leader of the Liberal party, is to face an impeachment trial after a cross-aisle majority of political parties backed the move. https://www.thelocal.dk/20210114/denmarks-former-immigration-minister-to-face-impeachment-trial Thu, 14 Jan 2021 14:08:53 +0100 denmarks-former-immigration-minister-to-face-impeachment-trial Denmark's controversial former immigration minister Inger Støjberg has resigned as deputy chairman of the opposition Liberal Party after the party's leader said he might support a court case against her. https://www.thelocal.dk/20201230/former-minister-resigns-as-liberal-partys-deputy-head Wed, 30 Dec 2020 11:15:53 +0100 former-minister-resigns-as-liberal-partys-deputy-head Find out what's going on in Denmark today with The Local's short round-up of the news in less than five minutes. https://www.thelocal.dk/20201228/today-in-denmark-a-round-up-of-the-latest-news-on-monday-december-28th Mon, 28 Dec 2020 17:06:25 +0100 today-in-denmark-a-round-up-of-the-latest-news-on-monday-december-28th The former minister of immigration and integration, Inger Støjberg, misled parliament after she issued an illegal order to separate certain married couples at asylum centres, an official enquiry has found. https://www.thelocal.dk/20201214/former-minister-misled-danish-parliament-in-scandal-over-illegal-asylum-directive Mon, 14 Dec 2020 15:15:50 +0100 former-minister-misled-danish-parliament-in-scandal-over-illegal-asylum-directive Inger Støjberg, the hardline former Minister for Immigration and Integration, is to run for election as deputy leader of the Liberal (Venstre) party. https://www.thelocal.dk/20190904/former-danish-immigration-minister-stjberg-to-run-for-liberal-deputy-leader-role Wed, 04 Sep 2019 16:58:39 +0200 former-danish-immigration-minister-stjberg-to-run-for-liberal-deputy-leader-role Inger Støjberg, Denmark's hardline former immigration minister, has lost her fight to gain a position at the top of the centre-right Liberal Party, to the frustration of supporters. https://www.thelocal.dk/20190806/denmarks-liberals-snub-hardline-former-immigration-minister Tue, 06 Aug 2019 11:27:09 +0200 denmarks-liberals-snub-hardline-former-immigration-minister Denmark’s minister for immigration Inger Støjberg has played down the significance of an email which appears to undermine her explanation of an illegal asylum directive issued by her ministry. https://www.thelocal.dk/20190301/controversial-email-changes-nothing-danish-immigration-minister-stjberg Fri, 01 Mar 2019 14:18:54 +0100 controversial-email-changes-nothing-danish-immigration-minister-stjberg The government and private sector representatives have agreed the extension of a scheme in which refugees are provided short-term jobs and training at apprentice salary levels. https://www.thelocal.dk/20190225/denmark-announces-extension-of-refugee-apprenticeship-programme Mon, 25 Feb 2019 17:07:00 +0100 denmark-announces-extension-of-refugee-apprenticeship-programme Minister for Immigration and Integration Inger Støjberg has been summoned to an extraordinary parliamentary hearing (hastesamråd) over a directive to separate married asylum seekers under the age of 18 from their partners. https://www.thelocal.dk/20190208/denmarks-immigration-minister-faces-new-scrutiny-over-illegal-asylum-directive Fri, 08 Feb 2019 12:53:17 +0100 denmarks-immigration-minister-faces-new-scrutiny-over-illegal-asylum-directive The UNHCR and the Danish Refugee Council have criticised the government for a new bill which seeks to ease the path to repatriation of UN quota refugees. https://www.thelocal.dk/20190130/denmarks-government-changes-policy-on-un-quota-refugees-with-new-bill Wed, 30 Jan 2019 11:08:30 +0100 denmarks-government-changes-policy-on-un-quota-refugees-with-new-bill After the newest wave of reports in the Danish media of children with foreign backgrounds being deported, Integration Minister Inger Støjberg said on Monday that she would consider ways to avoid such cases in the future. https://www.thelocal.dk/20181029/after-child-deportations-minister-promises-to-look-over-danish-residency-laws Mon, 29 Oct 2018 18:12:01 +0100 after-child-deportations-minister-promises-to-look-over-danish-residency-laws A proposal presented earlier this month that would make it easier for Danish companies to recruit skilled workers from abroad looks doomed after the government on Monday failed to garner enough political support for its plan. https://www.thelocal.dk/20181029/denmarks-proposal-to-recruit-skilled-foreign-labour-falls-apart Mon, 29 Oct 2018 14:38:49 +0100 denmarks-proposal-to-recruit-skilled-foreign-labour-falls-apart Denmark’s minister for immigration and integration Inger Støjberg was in Vienna on Thursday as the two countries presented their plan for reforms to the EU’s asylum system. https://www.thelocal.dk/20181005/denmark-and-austria-present-joint-plan-on-asylum Fri, 05 Oct 2018 14:35:17 +0200 denmark-and-austria-present-joint-plan-on-asylum Denmark said Thursday it would not take in any refugees under the UN's quota system in 2018, focusing instead on integrating those recently arrived in the country. https://www.thelocal.dk/20181004/denmark-refuses-to-take-in-un-quota-refugees-in-2018 Thu, 04 Oct 2018 19:09:51 +0200 denmark-refuses-to-take-in-un-quota-refugees-in-2018 Minister for immigration and integration Inger Støjberg says she wants the IGU apprenticeship scheme for refugees to continue beyond 2019, when it is currently set to expire. https://www.thelocal.dk/20180928/denmarks-immigration-minister-wants-to-continue-apprenticeship-scheme-for-refugees Fri, 28 Sep 2018 13:23:58 +0200 denmarks-immigration-minister-wants-to-continue-apprenticeship-scheme-for-refugees Immigration Minister Inger Støjberg on Thursday defended the success of a programme that allows refugees to take short-term jobs at an apprentice salary level and vowed that the scheme would continue despite the misgivings of the Danish People’s Party. https://www.thelocal.dk/20180907/refugee-apprentice-scheme-a-success-danish-immigration-minister-says Fri, 07 Sep 2018 05:06:43 +0200 refugee-apprentice-scheme-a-success-danish-immigration-minister-says Italy's new government took its fight to block migrants to Libya on Monday as a new boat with hundreds on board remained stranded at sea, deepening a crisis shaking Europe. https://www.thelocal.dk/20180626/italys-salvini-in-libya-as-migrants-disembark-danish-cargo-ship Tue, 26 Jun 2018 10:32:25 +0200 italys-salvini-in-libya-as-migrants-disembark-danish-cargo-ship Danish minister for immigration Inger Støjberg says that Italy must accept migrants rescued by shipping company Maersk. https://www.thelocal.dk/20180625/italys-refusal-of-maersk-migrants-unreasonable-denmarks-immigration-minister Mon, 25 Jun 2018 10:53:47 +0200 italys-refusal-of-maersk-migrants-unreasonable-denmarks-immigration-minister