Despite the strict demands imposed by the previous government two years ago, which initially led to a significant drop in immigration this country, more and more are now being granted permanent residency. During…

Development Minister Christian Friis Back has embarked on a global trip to encourage 100 countries come together in an alliance that will ensure agreement at the Rio+20 UN Conference on Sustainable Development later…

More women than men in Denmark are now dying from smoking. New figures from the National Institute for Public Health show that 7,100 women smoked themselves to death in 2010, compared to 6,200…

Minister of Justice Morten Bødskov has denounced last week’s incident in the ‘free state’ of Christiania when a TV2 reporter was assaulted and stripped of his clothing after filming drug deals with a…

The controversy surrounding Culture Minister Uffe Elbæk’s determination to attend Denmark’s opening match at the Euro Football Championship in the Ukraine, Saturday, continues to grow. Non-government parties, the Liberals, Conservatives, Danish People’s Party,…

New gay rights legislation, allowing same-gender couples to marry in church, was passed by a 85-24 parliamentary majority, Thursday. Minister for Ecclesiastical affairs Manu Sareen, who’s argued for the bill since he became…

Speaker of the house Mogens Lykketoft has turned against his own party by dismissing one of the government’s main political goals: Forcing people to work more very week. At a debate organised by…

Chinese investors see Greenland as an excellent investment opportunity and are reportedly preparing to place up to DKK1.3b in major infrastructure projects such as three new airports and the expansion of Nuuk harbour….

One in ten houses in this country ends up being sold by court order. There were 414 compulsory sales in May, compared to 398 the previous month, new Statistics Denmark figures show, an…

Defence Command Denmark, the country’s supreme military leadership, is to be dismantled and integrated into the Ministry of Defence, part of the government’s effort to modernise and exert more control over the armed…