Tag: Denmark

• Monday, July 22nd 2024 - 10:41 UTC

  Argentine Air Force mounting training center for pilots and ground crews of the F16s

  

  As part of the process of the combat aircraft F-16A/B incorporation process to the Argentine Air Force, the government has published in the Official Gazette an invitation to tenders for the construction of a new instruction center at the IV Air Brigade in Tandil where the second-hand aircraft from the Danish Air Force, will be stationed.

• Thursday, June 27th 2024 - 19:24 UTC

  Denmark plans to tackle animal gas emissions with a livestock tax

  

  Denmark's coalition government agreed this week to tax livestock owners the equivalent of US$96 per head per year from 2030 due to greenhouse gases produced by animal flatulence, Tax Minister Jeppe Bruus announced. The move on cows, pigs, and sheep is expected to result in a 70% reduction from 1990 levels by the end of the decade on the path to carbon neutrality, Bruus explained. “We will take a big step towards climate neutrality in 2045,” he emphasized. The tax is expected to be approved by Parliament later this year.

• Saturday, June 22nd 2024 - 09:55 UTC

  Falklands War: Maj General Julian Thompson prepared for Mission Impossible in four days

  

  After returning from Denmark and heading to bed, Major General Julian Thompson OBE, commanding 3 Commando Brigade, received a phone call.

• Tuesday, April 16th 2024 - 16:00 UTC

  Argentina makes its largest military aircraft acquisition in decades: F-16 fighter jets from Denmark

  

  Argentina has finalized its largest military aircraft acquisition in decades with the purchase of 24 F-16 fighter jets from Denmark, signaling a significant step in bolstering its defense capabilities.

• Saturday, March 30th 2024 - 06:23 UTC

  UK defense capabilities of the Falklands, following the Danish F16s deal for Argentina

  

  Army Technology, a business service agency located in London that focuses on the technologies required by military personnel and companies working in this important field, has offered a piece on the UK defense capabilities of the Falkland Islands following the agreement between Denmark and Argentina for the sale of a squadron of F16 fighters to Buenos Aires.

• Wednesday, March 27th 2024 - 10:46 UTC

  Argentine Defense Minister signs letter of intent to buy Danish F-16s

  

  Defense Minister Luis Petri of Argentina and Troels Lund Poulsen of Denmark Tuesday signed a letter of intent in Buenos Aires whereby the South American country will purchase 24 second-hand US-built supersonic Lockheed Martin F-16 fighter jets for some US$ 300 million. US Ambassador Marc Stanley was also present at the ceremony as a token of Washington's acquiescence to the operation

• Tuesday, January 31st 2023 - 19:25 UTC

  Denmark least corrupt country in the world; Uruguay in the Americas

  

  Denmark scored 90 points out of 100, to the top Transparency International's Index as the least corrupt country in the world, followed by Finland and New Zealand (87 points each). At the other end of the table were Somalia, Syria, and South Sudan. Uruguay was a Latin American country with better grades.

• Wednesday, June 15th 2022 - 22:36 UTC

  Canada, Denmark agree on territorial dispute over Arctic island

  

  Canada and Denmark have agreed on a mechanism to settle a sovereignty dispute over Hans' Island, an uninhabitable 1.2-square-kilometer territory in the Arctic Ocean which will be split into two roughly equal parts using a natural cleft in the rocky terrain as a reference.

• Friday, February 11th 2022 - 22:54 UTC

  No booster doses of COVID-19 vaccine in Denmark

  

  Denmark's health authorities decided Friday that no fourth dose of COVID-19 vaccine is to be applied and that there was no need for a booster dose to those aged under 18, thanks to the high level of immunization among the population, in addition to Omicron's lesser severity as well as other seasonal considerations.

• Friday, November 12th 2021 - 10:00 UTC

  Governments at COP26 create group to rid world of fossil fuels

  

  A group of countries and territories led by Denmark and Costa Rica have decided to join forces with regards to a world free from fossil fuels in compliance with the 2015 Paris Agreement under a group named “the Beyond Oil and Gas Alliance (BOGA).”