Denmark has given up its right to veto EU aid for unprofitable coal mines. EU member states gave DKK195bn in subsidies between 2003-2008 to help the struggling coal industry, primarily in Germany, Spain…

Minister of the Environment Karen Ellemann has made what she calls a ‘personal political choice’ to stop a ship carrying toxic waste sailing from Australia to this country. She denied that the storm…

Israel has asked its embassy in Copenhagen to recruit pro-active allies and launch a PR campaign to promote a more positive view of the Holy Land. The Israeli newspaper Haaretz writes that Ambassador…

Another new opinion poll shows the centre-led opposition heading for power. A new Greens poll for financial daily Børsen indicates a significant majority for the ‘red’ bloc, although the debate about the points…

The Mærsk shipping line was threatened with sanctions by the Argentine government earlier this year. According to a report by the US Embassy in Buenos Aires for the US State Department, leaked by…

Minister of Development Søren Pind (L) wants to transfer millions of kroner from Danish aid to a ‘freedom fund’ in an effort to combat radicalisation and promote democracy in the world’s poorest countries….

All foreign homeless people should be sent home. That’s the message from Minister of Social Affairs Benedikte Kjær, alarmed that emergency shelters in Copenhagen are becoming a magnet for homeless foreign nationals. A…

Nearly a third of all those in the ever-lengthening jobless queue are long-term unemployed, putting any potential labour market recovery at risk, economists claim. Frederik I. Pedersen, senior analyst at the Economic Council…

A spokesman for Chelsea FC owner Roman Abramovich has dismissed rumours that the Russian billionaire is attempting to buy a stake in FC Copenhagen (FCK). Rumours of a takeover have been rife since…

The Social Democrats claim to be neither insulted nor surprised by former US Ambassador James Cain’s admission that he warned President Bush about the danger of Helle Thorning-Schmidt becoming Prime Minister in 2007….