The titular head of the far-left Red/Green Alliance, Johanne Schmidt Nielsen, is profiled as ‘the Red Queen: Denmark’s new powerbroker’ in a full page spread in the British Observer. See: http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/oct/01/johanne-schmidt-nielsen-denmark-left?INTCMP=SRCH  

Denmark has three universities on the latest Times Higher Education rankings – Aarhus at no.125, Copenhagen at 135, and Denmark’s technical University (DTU) at no.178. To read more see. http://universitypost.dk/article/copenhagen-135-times-ranking?  

Prime Minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt has again denied that the Social Democrats have reneged on their campaign promises. Addressing a packed parliament at Thursday’s opening debate,  she said the party’s policies were clearly laid out during…

New Minister of Foreign Affairs Villy Søvndal (SPP) is prepared to despatch Danish troops to fight abroad, even though he’s the head of a traditionalist pacifist party and has previously warned of a…

5% of voters have already regretted where they put their ‘x’ at the election, a new Epinion poll for DR News shows. However, those who would vote for another party today would still…

The Indian arms-smuggling affair (http://seven59.dk/high-court-rejects-extradition-of-arms-dealer) has potentially cost Denmark billions of kroner in lost market-share. When the High Court denied an Indian request for the extradition of convicted Danish arms smuggler Niels Holck…

The government’s plan to impose punitive duties on unhealthy items will become reality from the New Year. Although the exact amount hasn’t yet been decided, sweets, beer, wine and cigarettes will become more…

In a hard-hitting op-ed piece in Berlingske, former Minister of Integration Birthe Rønn Hornbech pinpoints the biggest problem facing Denmark today – laziness. She claims that while the election campaign focussed on the…

If the government removes the cap on cash social benefits, imposed by the previous government to encourage people to look for work, it won’t be profitable for many people to get a job….

Local Socialist People’s Party politicians have further signalled the growing unrest within the party by calling for Tax Minister Thor Möger Pedersen to give up his job as deputy leader. Mr Pedersen, Denmark’s…