Greece’s debt problems, and Prime Minister Georgios Papandreos’ decision to put the EU rescue package to referendum, were amongst the topics discussed at the Nordic Council’s meeting in Copenhagen, Tuesday. None of the…

The Danish warship ‘Absalon has again joined operation ‘Ocean Shield’, NATO’s contribution to international efforts to combat piracy off the Horn of Africa. Denmark will also provide a surveillance plane from the New…

The government will clamp down on Islamic marriages that involve minors, primarily young girls. Minister of Integration and Social Affairs Karen Hækkerup has announced a cross-ministry commission to address the growing problem of…

The Danish government wants to see China given permanent observer status at the Arctic Council, even though the country doesn’t own a centimetre of Arctic coastline. Minister of Foreign Affairs Villy Søvndal said…

Palestine’s official representative in Denmark said he was both surprised and disappointed that Denmark abstained yesterday when the Palestinian Self Rule Authority was granted full membership of UNESCO, the UN Educational, Scientific, and…

It’s risky business to ask the Greek electorate to approve the EU rescue plan, Denmark’s Ambassador to Greece Tom Nørring said last night in response to Prime Minister Papandreou’s decision to put the…

Social Liberal leader Margrethe Vestager has rejected that the government is in the process of digging a massive hole in the economy by approving a DKK17.5bn growth package and offered assurances that Denmark…

The Danish People’s Party has dismissed the government’s move to eliminate the cap on social handouts as a ‘disaster’. Thousands of people on welfare – mostly immigrants – will be given a financial…

A large majority of the electorate believes the banking and finance sectors should be paying more tax. In a new poll carried out for left-leaning think-tank Cevea, nearly two-thirds say that banks should…