Denmark’s Minister for Trade and Investment, Mrs. Pia Olsen Dyhr, has agreed with her Japanese counterpart, Mr. Yukio Edano, Minister for Economy, Trade and Industry, that the EU and Japan should aim at quickly finalizing the scoping of an EU-Japan Free Trade Agreement.
The British Prime Minister, David Cameron, is hosting an international conference on Somalia on 23 February 2012 in London. Denmark’s Minister for Foreign Affairs, Mr. Villy Søvndal, has been invited to attend to contribute to the political process in Somalia. Security, stability and piracy will also be discussed at the conference, and Denmark’s Minister for Development Cooperation, Mr. Christian Friis Bach, will attend the conference to discuss humanitarian issues.
The Danish Minister for Foreign Affairs, Villy Søvndal, participated in two debates of the European Parliament on Syria and on the UN Human Rights Council on behalf of the EU’s High Representative.
The Danish Presidency calls on the EU and its Member States to increase humanitarian and development funding to avoid a severe food security crisis in the Sahel-region. We cannot accept famines and large-scale nutrition emergencies in the 21st century.
The Danish Institute for International Studies (DIIS) and Danida have the pleasure of inviting you to a public meeting with the Minister for Development Cooperation Christian Friis Bach.
Please note: The deadline for submission of papers is 1. February 2012. The authors of the three best papers will have the opportunity to discuss their papers with the Danish Minister for Foreign Affairs and the winner will also receive the prize of 30.000 DKK.
Today the Minister for European Affairs Nicolai Wammen attended the debate on Hungary in the European Parliament on behalf of the Council of the EU.
The Danish Government will present the programme of the Danish EU Presidency at a press conference on Friday 6 January.
Today Denmark assumes the Presidency of the Council of the European Union and the next six months Denmark shall lead thousands of meetings in Brussels, Luxembourg and Danmark.
Denmark has decided to donate DKK 300,000 for an immediate humanitarian response in disaster struck areas.
The Minister for Development Cooperation and the Minister for European Affairs today Thursday 22 December in two separate meetings met with their Dutch colleague Minister for European Affairs and Development Cooperation Ben Knapen.
By the end of 2011 France will no longer issue visa on behalf of Denmark in a number of countries where Denmark does not have an embassy.
Today Denmark’s Minister for European Affairs, Nicolai Wammen, presented the priorities of the upcoming Danish EU Presidency at a press conference in Brussels.
Denmark takes over the Presidency of the Council of the European Union on 1 January and today the Danish Minister of European Affairs, Nicolai Wammen, formally launched the webpage of the Presidency: eu2012.dk
The Minister for Foreign Affairs, Villy Søvndal and Minister for Trade and Investment, Pia Olsen Dyhr, met yesterday with the diplomatic community.
Minister for Foreign Affairs Villy Søvndal will be visiting Washington, DC, on December 13-15, 2011. He will meet his American counterpart, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on December 15.
With less than a month to go before the start of the Danish presidency of the European Union, the Danish Minister for European Affairs met with his EU colleagues on December 5th in Brussels for a meeting in the General Affairs Council.
Global Green Growth Forum (3GF) is acknowledged for its innovative and solution-oriented work at COP17 in Durban.
On 7 December the Prime Minister helle Thorning-Schmidt and the Danish government met with the political Greens Group of the European Parliament to discuss the priorities of the Danish EU Presidency. Specifically, the talks centered on the crisis and how green growth can contribute in creating investments and jobs in Europe.