Prime Minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt has defended the government’s representation at the Euro Football Championship in the Ukraine, even though Sweden, Germany, France, Holland and the EU Commission have boycotted the tournament in protest…

Former MEP Freddy Blak is the first Social Democrat to break ranks and call for Prime Minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt to resign. In the wake of recent disastrous opinion polls for the party he…

Two leading economists have questioned whether the government can live up to its projection of 2.5 per cent annual GDP growth between 2014 and 2020, as laid out in last week’s reform proposals….

King Hamad bin Isa al-Khalifa of Bahrain utilised the occasion of Denmark’s Constitution Day to send a congratulatory telegram to HM Queen Margrethe, even though very few see any compatibility between a celebration…

In 2004, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs handed the names of eight prisoners to the Iraqi authorities who during a supervision visit by a Danish delegation claimed to have been tortured – a…

Copenhagen police have given a virtual green light to drug pushers by failing to crack down on the cannabis trade in the ‘free state’ of Christiania. Regular police patrols were stopped last year…

A new study confirms what the left wing has claimed – it’s the poor who’ll be hardest hit by the government’s tax reform, while the rich will benefit most. According to the Kraka…

Today, Tuesday the 5th of June is Constitution Day (Grundlovsdag) in Denmark. Many shops and supermarkets are closed, alongside banks, public offices and other local government institutions. 7.59 has chosen a ‘half-holiday’, which…

The government successfully stitched together cross-party agreement for its tax-rebate deal for the business sector, Monday, which will allow companies to write off 115 per cent of new investments this year and next,…

After a day of speculation, Culture Minister Uffe Elbæk affirmed his intention last night to travel to the Ukraine to attend Denmark’s opening match at the European Football Championship on Saturday . Although…