The Conservatives have sunk to 5.1% in a new opinion poll and could be the smallest party in parliament after Thursday’s election. The new Voxmeter poll for news agency Ritzau confirms the oppositions…

Prime Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen has once again ruled out the possibility of the Danish People’s Party (DPP) becoming part of a centre-right government after the election. Speculation about DPP’s role increased over…

Social Democrat leader Helle-Thorning Schmidt’s husband Stephen Kinnock made his first public appearance of the election campaign when the couple were interviewed together in the early evening ‘God Aften’ current affairs programme in…

Danish students are stuck in a comfort zone, according to business organisation DE, The Danish Chamber of Commerce. Although between 70 and 80% of those in full-time education believe they study and work…

The political truce surrounding Denmark’s military mission in Afghanistan is over. As the election campaign enters its final days, the opposition has issued a ‘cast-iron’ guarantee that there won’t be a single Danish…

The election campaign is seriously lacking an international angle, according to business leaders who, in a new survey by DI, The Confederation of Danish Industries, claim Danish politicians are only interested in talking…

The interest rate on one-year Greek government bonds rose to 106%, Monday morning, fuelling investors’ fears that the debt-ridden country could be heading for bankruptcy. Senior economist Jacob Graven of Sydbank said: “Greece…

With just three days to go before the election, the Danish People’s Party has come up with a new vote catcher for the ‘grey’ generation – free pepper-sprays. Party spokesman Peter Skaarup, chairman…

Election 2011 The opposition parties lost a potential six seats throughout the week, a Friday Voxmeter poll for news agency Ritzau showed, indicating that the September 15th election could be much closer than…

ELECCIONES 2011 Según una encuesta de Voxmeter hecha para la agencia de noticias Ritzau, la oposición perdió seis escaños en el transcurso de la semana, lo que demuestra que las elecciones del 15…