Minister of Finance Claus Hjort Frederiksen miscalculated Denmark’s budget deficit by DKK43.6bn last year, according to new Statistics Denmark figures. The Ministry informed the EU Commission in February 2010 that Denmark would have…

Minister of Integration Søren Pind is exploring the possibility of deporting the Tunisian national who, according to Danish Intelligence (PET), was planning to murder Mohammed illustrator Kurt Westergaard. The risk of the 39-year-old…

Danish F-16 fighter jets dropped bombs on Libya yesterday. After flying 12 missions since Sunday to help enforce the no-fly zone, Danish Tactical Air Command announced that the six F-16’s stationed in Sicily…

Denmark has frozen DKK1.8bn that belongs to Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi. The Danish Enterprise & Construction Authority blocked access to the money after receiving notification from ‘certain financial institutions’ that they were holding…

Four cabinet ministers will feature prominently in the independent inquiry into the stateless Palestinians affair that led to the departure of Minister of Integration Birthe Rønn Hornbech. In addition to Ms Hornbech, former…

The Conservatives, already struggling in the polls, have been hard hit by the news that one of their most popular MP’s, Helge Adam Møller, has announced his resignation from parliament at this year’s…

The Social Democrats have dismissed a Liberal proposal to confiscate property owned by the Libyan state in Denmark as potentially illegal. Defence spokesman John Dyrby Paulsen said the Liberals were making a ‘terrible…

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has refused to comment on reports that the seven Danish hostages kidnapped by pirates are being held captive on a hi-jacked Greek cargo ship off the coast of…

Smokers are a massive burden on the economy. New National Institute for Public Health figures reveal that smokers take around 2.8m more days of illness every year than their non-smoking colleagues, costing society…

Danish banks are being closely monitored by international watchdog Moody’s, who last month downgraded its credit rating for the whole sector. According to Berlingske Business, Moody’s has recently visited a number of leading…