After a meeting with his Burmese counterpart and talks with ‘The Lady’, opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi, Minister of Foreign Affairs Villy Søvndal said there are definite signs that Burma is emerging…

The trial of accused Russian spy Timo Kivimäki will not be open to the public. Mr Kivimäki, a professor of political science at the University of Copenhagen, has pleaded not guilty to the…

The Liberals, Danish People’s Party and Conservatives wrote that “it’s very unlikely that we will be able to agree on an adjustment of the compensation system” in a letter sent yesterday to Minister…

161,000 people were registered unemployed in March, or 6.2% of the workforce, slightly less than the previous month but the reflection of a job market that’s ‘treading water’ according to experts. Minister for…

Denmark comes in at no.3 on a list of countries that have experienced the biggest drop in housing prices since 2007, after Ireland and Spain. A new analysis by mortgage lender Realkredit Danmark…

Justice Minister Morten Bødskov has been accused of ‘rushing to legislate’ by introducing new air gun restrictions without a political debate. A spokesman for the Liberals said that with ‘one swoop of the…

After an informal meeting yesterday with former UN Secretary General and current special envoy for Syria, Kofi Annan, Wednesday, Minister for Development Cooperation Christian Friis Bach (Social-Liberals) pledged more Danish support for Syria. Mr…

International financial markets will be given reassurance that Denmark can continue its responsible economic policies when a parliamentary majority pushes through the vote for the EU’s financial pact, Minister for the Economy and…

Serious doubts are coming to light about former defence minister Gitte Lillelund Bech (Liberals), who allegedly authorised the military to send an expensive radar station to Afghanistan in January. The station and 43…

In a proposal presented yesterday, the European Commission suggested increasing its budget by 6.8 per cent, which amounts to Euro137.9bn (DKK1.044bn). But Minister of Finance Bjarne Corydon said the EU must resist: “This…