The number of homes for sale continues to fall but not because of any market upturn. 62,733 houses or apartments were on offer in February, 870 fewer than the previous month and the…

Minister of Foreign Affairs Villy Søvndal has acknowledged that many of the positive results achieved by the military alliance in Afghanistan may already have been lost. As one of the first Western leaders,…

Denmark could still have tanks and military advisors in Afghanistan when Danish troops are withdrawn in 2014. After NATO chief Anders Fogh Rasmussen said that Afghanistan would still need foreign troops when responsibility…

Villy Søvndal has accepted full responsibility for the confusion surrounding the government’s position on torture. After originally distancing himself, Sunday, from the previous government’s willingness to accept information gained by torture, he later…

Local Socialist People’s Party (SPP) constituency chairmen have urged party leader Villy Søvndal to impose himself more on the government’s policies. The rallying cry comes after Mr Søvndal’s mixed message on torture over…

Carina, the unemployed single mother who provoked a national debate about poverty when it was revealed she receives DKK16,000 in social benefits every month, isn’t alone. New figures released by Minister for Employment…

DONG CEO Anders Eldrup has surprisingly resigned from the state-run energy consortium just a week after parliament ordered the public audit office to investigate allegations that the company has squandered large amounts of…

The Danish tax department has hit an unnamed company with a record demand for DKK5.4bn, just short of one billion US dollars. Tax Minister Thor Möger Pedersen confirmed the amount but declined to…

Liberal MEP Jens Rohde has dismissed a EU proposal to impose mandatory quotas for female candidates in local and national elections as ‘ridiculous’. As the European Parliament prepares to vote on a bill…

NATO chief Anders Fogh Rasmussen has expressed his shock and sadness at the shooting spree by a rogue United States soldier in Afghanistan who killed 16 Afghans on Sunday, but stressed that NATO…