After the controversy about Food Minister Mette Gjerskov’s smoking cabin there are now calls for Minister for Foreign Affairs Villy Søvndal to be provided with his own private booth where he can enjoy…

The government has increased foreign aid to DKK 15 billion, the highest since since 2000, including DKK 975 million for the asylum system next year. However, this means that developing countries will be funding…

2011 was the year when Denmark got its first-ever female prime minister – but it’s Social Liberal leader Margrethe Vestager who’s been named ‘politician of the year’ by 17 out of 25 leading…

Dark clouds continue to circle the Danish economy. The government’s newly-released ‘state of the economy’ report paints a dire picture of the prospects for the next two years – rising unemployment, falling private…

The budget deficit is expected to top DKK100m in 2012, 5.5% of GDP, as a result of the planned refund of early-retirement deposits and low growth. The government’s latest economic report also projects…

It’s not all doom and gloom for the economy. A surprisingly high number of cars were sold in Denmark in November – 15,044, a 5.1% increase on October and 7.6% up on the…

The Iranian Foreign Ministry has warned Denmark and all other EU countries not to repatriate or provide asylum to a group of 3,400 Iranians, political opponents of the Teheran regime but terrorists according…

Minister for Food, Agriculture & Fisheries Mette Gjerskov has offered to pay for the smoking cabin she’s had installed in her own office at the ministry. Ms Gjerskov had originally defiantly refused to…

Minister for Finance Bjarne Corydon has warned that Denmark is teetering on the edge of an economic depression. In a DR1 debate programme, he stressed that the government’s plan to kick-start the economy…

Blerti Minxhozi, a 28-year-old Albanian national who has resided in Denmark for ten years and is on the verge of concluding a masters degree, has been ordered to leave Denmark on Wednesday, just…