Politics / Economy Prime Minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt praised the Socialist People’s Party’s suggestion that fewer Danes should pay the top tax rate, calling it “an exciting proposal”; the party wants low- and middle-income…

President Barak Obama personally persuaded Prime Minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt to re-invest in NATO’s unmanned drones, Allied Ground Surveillance (AGS) programme. According to Politiken, Denmark had originally decided not to invest in the project…

Helle Thorning-Schmidt has criticised newly-elected French President Francois Hollande for vowing to withdraw French combat troops from Afghanistan ahead of the agreed 2014 pull-out date. The Danish Prime Minister accused Mr Hollande of…

NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen proudly announced last night that the 28 members of the military alliance have formally agreed to set up a missile defence system in Europe. Speaking alongside President…

Denmark was showered with praise by NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen ahead of the military alliance’s diplomatic summit that got underway in Chicago, USA, Sunday. The former Danish prime minister said Denmark…

Nearly half of the Danish electorate say no to a pan-European missile defence system in a new Rambøll for Jyllands-Posten, but according to NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen it’s no cause for…

Danish investment associations and pension funds have come under fire for lending money to seven of the world’s most corrupt and least democratic countries in Africa – the Ivory Coast, Angola, The Democratic…

Social Minister Karen Hækkerup has expressed concern at the growth of political extremism in this country. In response to a new study showing how right-wing extremists are generally middle-class and live in the…

Health Minister Astrid Krag has declined to consider a new scientific study that urges Denmark to impose a date on when smoking should be banned in this country. New Zealand has introduced a…

The rental of four smoking cabins set up at the home of the Danish parliament, Christiansborg, enabling politicians to enjoy a cigarette without breaching anti-smoking legislation, have cost taxpayers DKK2m ($350,000) over the…