Former Mayor of Aarhus Nicolai Wammen, seen by many as one of the Social Democrats’ great hopes for the future, and who was expected to be given a top ministry in the new…

The government’s climate initiatives will cost consumers billions of kroner. According to calculations by the ‘green’ think-tank Concito, led until last week by new Minister of Energy Martin Lidegaard, the plan to double…

Renegade Danish film director Lars von Trier was questioned by Danish police, Wednesday, after being charged with ‘glorifying war crimes’ by the French authorities. Mr von Trier,who was banned from the Cannes Film…

The state’s finances are in a worse shape than previously revealed. A full-scale audit of incomings and outgoings would reveal a deficit approaching DKK100bn, according to senior Danske Bank economist Steen Bocian, around…

Russian and China’s veto of a UN resolution condemning Syria for its crackdown on demonstrators is ‘regrettable’, new Minister of Foreign Affairs Villy Søvndal said today. In a press release he called the…

Despite all the good intentions, the government’s new tax policy could increase inequality in this country. Although the S/SL/SPP coalition states in its political platform that it will place great emphasis on limiting…

Opposition leader Lars Løkke Rasmussen has surrounded himself with his closest allies in a re-organisation of the Liberals’ spokespersons team. Former tax minister Peter Christensen assumes the ‘heavy’ job of finance spokesman, while…

Two new districts have been designated ‘ghetto’ areas, despite the previous government’s anti-ghetto plan. New figures from the Ministry for City, Housing and Rural Areas show an increase from 26 to 28 since…

Copenhagen Police have seized nearly 900 kilos of cannabis, and DKK2.1m in cash, the culmination of months of investigation into a Zeeland drugs ring based on a tip-off that a ship full of…

A majority of the electorate is willing to accept that Prime Minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt won’t be able to implement many of her campaign promises. A new Gallup poll shows that 55% believe she has…