The Social Democrats have distanced themselves from the Socialist People’s Party’s (SPP) Annette Vilhelmsen, who proposed in a debate last weekend that the Danish government should ‘go it alone’ and recognise Palestine as…

As Denmark continues to fight for an EU rebate, a new report shows that the country’s net contribution has risen to DKK18bn. The government’s aim is to negotiate a DKK1bn discount in Denmark’s…

Cargo ships carrying toxic chemicals or environmentally dangerous oil products pass close to Denmark’s coastline at least 30 times a day, a new report by global engineering company COWI shows. Marine biologist Henning…

Mayor of Copenhagen Frank Jensen has expressed his ‘deepest concern’ at new figures showing that the capital has the highest ratio of poor people in the country and the fastest growing group of…

Neither Prime Minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt nor Social Democrat whip Henrik Sass Larsen have told the whole truth about the dramatic events that unfolded after last year’s election when Mr Sass Larsen was in…

Whoever wins the Socialist People’s Party (SPP) leadership battle, Ole Sohn’s days as a cabinet minister are numbered according to political watchers who predict that the new leader – Astrid Krag or Annette…

India has renewed efforts to get Danish arms smuggler Niels Holck extradited to face charges in an Indian court. According to Indian media sources, Indian Home Secretary R.K. Singh discussed the issue of…

Denmark’s ability to compete is under severe pressure. The government’s annual report on competitiveness, published yesterday, echoes the OECD’s conclusion from last week that Denmark has come through the crisis in a worse…

Just two per cent of workers in the industrial sector believe there will be more jobs available in five years’ time, while 60 per cent believe unemployment will continue to rise. The pessimism…

Politics / Economy In an interview to mark the first anniversary of the government, Prime Minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt acknowledged that things haven’t gone as planned but denied that she has ‘betrayed’ voters or…