The government has welcomed energy giant Orsted’s move to sell off the utilities business side of the company to focus on green energy, but warned it will place strict requirements on a potential…

China is so enamoured with all things Danish that a Chinese company is planning to build a copy of the town of Randers – in China. According to reports the Chinese firm, Andersen…

Party spokespersons have called for a stop on reform funding to Ukraine following reports that top officials in the country have sabotaged a prestigious Danish project aimed at combating corruption. Ukraine’s Prime Minister Volodymyr…

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s election victory in Turkey signals the end of his country’s ambition to join the EU, Foreign Minister Anders Samuelsen warned yesterday. Ahead of a foreign and defence ministers’ council…

The Danish People’s Party (DPP) has demanded the exclusion of the Liberal Alliance (LA) in a centre-right coalition if the ‘blue bloc’ wins the next election. DPP leader Kristian Thulesen Dahl upped the…

After four days of waiting a Danish-flagged container ship has been granted permission to sail into a Sicilian harbour and offload 108 migrants. The mayor of Pozzallo said yesterday he has received approval…

A Syrian couple have been jailed, with deportation to follow, for physically abusing their daughter who they believed had ‘lesbian tendencies’. The High Court sentenced the father to 21 months in prison and…

Danske Bank’s scandal-hit Estonian branch was heavily implicated in an illegal arms deal years before criminal money laundering activities were revealed. In 2009 a Russian-built freight plane was detained at Bangkok Airport after…

New Business Minister Rasmus Jarlov has already signalled a tougher stance towards Danske Bank, the country’s biggest, than his predecessor Brian Mikkelsen. In a tweeted message just days after taking over Mr Jarlov…

In Luxembourg today Defence Minister Claus Hjort Frederiksen will sign a formal agreement that binds Denmark to the European Intervention Initiative, a new, 10-nation defence coalition launched by France’s President Macron aimed at…