- The Danish Minister for Foreign Affairs hosts the Nordic-African Foreign Ministers’ Meeting in Copenhagen
06.06.2018 09:46
Anders Samuelsen, Denmark’s Minister for Foreign Affairs, is hosting the Nordic-African Foreign Ministers meeting on 6 and 7 June 2018.
- Canada and the Kingdom of Denmark (with Greenland) announce the establishment of a Joint Task Force on Boundary Issues
23.05.2018 12:13
In order to make further progress on the outstanding boundary issues in the waters between Canada and Greenland, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Denmark, together with the Government of Greenland, and Global Affairs Canada have decided to establish a joint task force.
- High-level Meeting in Ilulissat, Greenland on the Occasion of the 10-year Anniversary of the Ilulissat Declaration
18.05.2018 11:04
Anders Samuelsen, Denmark’s Minister for Foreign Affairs, and Vivian Motzfeldt, Greenland’s Minister for Education, Culture, Church and Foreign Affairs, will host a high-level meeting on 22-23 May 2018 on the occasion of the 10-year anniversary of the Ilulissat Declaration. The purpose of the meeting is to affirm the support of the Arctic States to the principles of the declaration and to discuss the joint efforts for a peaceful and productive cooperation.
- 1968: a revolutionary year – also for reproduction
14.05.2018 10:36
This year, in 2018, it is 50 years since reproductive rights – including the right to decide whether to have children and how many children to have – were first formally recognised.
- Large-scale investment by the Danish government in African wind energy
08.05.2018 17:49
- The Danish Government Donates 60 mill. DKK to Partnerships that Promotes Women’s Access to Contraception in Connection with Distribution of Food Aid
08.05.2018 13:58
Minister for Development Cooperation, Ulla Tørnæs, has signed a Letter of Intent regarding a Danish donation of 60 million DKK to the UN World Food Programme’s, WFP’s, work with women’s and girls’ access to contraception in humanitarian crisis.
- Tørnæs grants DKK 730m to the crisis in Syria
25.04.2018 14:50
The conflict in Syria has recently entered its eight year, and, according to the UN, more than 12 million people have been forced to flee, either internally or to the neighboring countries. The need for humanitarian aid and assistance in Syria and the neighboring region is enormous.
- World Economic Forum & Denmark launch unique partnership in San Francisco to embrace the Fourth Industrial Revolution
24.04.2018 10:31
The ambitious new agreement, which is the first of its kind between the World Economic Forum (WEF) and any European country, will be signed on 24 April by Denmark’s Tech Ambassador and the newly established WEF Center for the Fourth Industrial Revolution in San Francisco. The Center was established last year to specifically advance the WEF’s vision to create impact through public private partnerships.
- Denmark strengthens the collaboration with The World Bank in order to promote digital gains for developing countries
23.04.2018 12:22
Digital technology is a decisive medium in order to meet the UN Sustainable Development Goals. For this reason, the collaboration between Denmark and The World Bank within digitization and development is being enhanced.
- Joint press statement from the summit between India and the Nordic Countries
17.04.2018 19:30
Today in Stockholm, the Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi, the Prime Minister of Denmark Lars Løkke Rasmussen, the Prime Minister of Finland Juha Sipilä, the Prime Minister of Iceland Katrín Jakobsdóttir, the Prime Minister of Norway Erna Solberg and the Prime Minister of Sweden Stefan Löfven held a Summit hosted by Swedish Prime Minister and Indian Prime Minister.