Prime Minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt makes her bow on the international scene today when she meets with UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon, who arrives in Denmark this morning to attend an international conference on…

Minister of the Environment Ida Auken has urged the EU to up the pace of environmental policy. At a Brussels meeting with her EU counterparts, Monday, Ms Auken criticised the ‘vague and unambitious’…

The new government’s decision to drop plans to tighten the borders will strengthen Denmark’s EU Presidency, Minister for European Affairs Nikolaj Wammen said last night. On arrival in Brussels to attend his first…

Minister of Foreign Affairs Villy Søvndal hit out at Israel yesterday for continuing to insist on its right to extend settlements in occupied areas. After attending his first EU Foreign Ministers’ meeting in…

The S/SL/SPP coalition has revealed its ambitions for a more contemporary Danish Constitution, including European human rights, a more diminished role for the monarchy, and a more up to date language. A new…

The government is unable to offer assurances that large-scale health initiatives promised during the election campaign will become reality during the current elective period. In its ambitious health manifesto, the Social Democrat (S)…

A significant majority of voters believes that the costs of the Afghanistan war far outweigh the achievements so far, although a small majority still supports the presence of Danish troops in the war-torn…

Social Liberal leader Margrethe Vestager’s approval rating has hit an all-time high while Socialist People’s Party boss Villy Søvndal’s has taken a nose-dive. In a Megafon poll of which of the new government’s…

Development Aid Minister Christian Friis Bach’s proposal to allow developing nations to decide for themselves how to distribute Danish aid funding has been dismissed by the Danish People’s Party (DPP) as ‘madness’. (http://seven59.dk/development-minister-urges-civil-unrest)….

Minister of Foreign Affairs Villy Søvndal has backed down from his previous claim that Denmark should unilaterally acknowledge Palestine as an independent state. At his first EU Foreign Ministers’ meeting in Brussels, Monday,…