The Social Liberals’ influence on the new government’s political platform has received widespread praise in Denmark’s national newspapers, some of whom give party leader Margrethe Vestager the honour of imposing economic responsibility on…

Top Social Democrat politician Henrik Sass Larsen, who was excluded from the new cabinet after being denied security clearance by Danish Intelligence (PET) (http://seven59.dk/criminal-link-costs-sass-larsen-minister-job) has rejected speculation about a possible spokesperson role within the party. He said…

Denmark will be hit by the remnants of tropical storm Ophelia, Thursday and Friday, causing temperatures to sink to around 10 degrees Celsius as Autumn finally arrives. The TV2 weather centre has warned…

The new government’s political platform, a ‘to-do’ list for the upcoming elective period that gets underway today, shows that the economy will be the dominant issue. The agreement hammered out over the past…

Villy Søvndal wants to be remembered as the Danish Foreign Minister who recognised Palestine as an independent state. The Socialist People’s Party (SPP) leader said yesterday it isn’t beneficial to have a nation…

The new government will publicly protest all human rights abuses in China. New Minister of Foreign Affairs Villy Søvndal said last night that Denmark’s position would be made very clear. “Where there’s any…

A seven-year-old girl who was deported to China could be allowed to return to Denmark, thanks to the new government’s intention to ease immigration legislation. 800 children under the age of 15 have…

Denmark should always be ready to join testing military missions around the world. That was the message from newly-installed Minister of Defence Nick Hækkerup yesterday in a speech seemingly at odds with Foreign…

Helle Thorning -Schmidt, will make her first official appearance in Brussels next week. Although no date has yet been set, the EU Commission is hoping for a ‘meet and greet’ with Denmark’s new…

Taxpayers with big salaries can look forward to tax cuts. In a departure from traditional left-wing policy, New Tax Minister Thor Möger Pedersen, from the traditional ‘tax and spend’ Socialist People’s Party (SPP),…