In a snap judgement, the EU Commission has ruled that Denmark’s decision to impose controls along its southern border is in accordance with Schengen rules. Despite this, European Commissioner for Migration Dimitris Avramopoulos…

Border control will lead to an increase in asylum seekers – Justice Minister Søren Pind’s immediate assessment of the refugee situation after just one day of spot-checks along Denmark’s southern border. In a…

The number of refugees and migrants arriving in southern Sweden from Denmark dropped sharply on Monday, the first day of systematic ID checks on travellers, news site expatica.com reported last night. Police in…

The eagerness to introduce border controls to stop the influx of migrants is a challenge that may signal the end of the Schengen zone, Lithuanian Foreign Minister Linas Antanas Linkevičius warned at a…

Former Social Democrat Danish tax and industry minister Ole Stavad, once in charge of Nordic cooperation, has dismissed Sweden’s imposition of identification checks on people entering the country from Denmark as a ‘development that doesn’t…

The opposition would regain power with more than 50 per cent of the vote if an election was held today, a new Greens poll for financial daily Børsen shows. Voters have deserted the…

In the absence of royal consort Prince Henrik, who at 81 has now retired from royal life, HM Queen Margrethe was aided by Crown Prince Frederik and Crown Princess Mary when she greeted…

A.P. Møller-Maersk has initiated negotiations with the Iran government concerning the development of a number of oil fields in the Republic. After meeting Denmark’s Foreign Minister Kristian Jensen, who’s heading a major trade…

Just hours after Sweden imposed controls on travellers arriving from Denmark, Monday, the Danish government, fearing an influx of refugees, responded by introducing temporary controls at the country’s southern border with Germany. At a lunch-time…

The German government reacted strongly to Denmark’s decision to impose border control, claiming it’s a threat to the EU’s Schengen open-borders zone. Foreign ministry spokesman Martin Schaefer told reporters that ‘…freedom of movement,…