NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen called the downing of a Turkish jet over Syria ‘unacceptable’, Tuesday, and condemned it in the ‘strongest terms’ but stopped short of threatening retaliatory action. Whilst expressing…

Finance Minister Bjarne Corydon has dismissed trade union calls for a resumption of collective bargaining negotiations between the government, employers, and unions. Talks broke down three weeks ago when union bosses refused to…

It will be a number of years before Danes are are asked to vote in a referendum on the country’s justice and defence opt-outs. In an interview with Politiken, Prime Minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt…

Helle Thorning-Schmidt’s popularity ratings have fallen even more since the government brokered a tax reform agreement with the opposition, Friday. In a new snap poll by Rambøll, only 16.9 per cent of the…

Two leading Socialist People’s Party MP’s have vowed to defy the party line and vote against the tax reform bill when it’s put before parliament. Even though the party’s parliamentary group chairman Pernille…

Leading Social Democrat Henrik Sass Larsen has denied Danish Intelligence (PET) allegations that on at least one occasion he asked a member of the criminal bike gang, Bandidos, to provide protection. After publishing…

India has sent a high-ranking intelligence officer to Copenhagen in an effort to convince the Danish authorities that the Supreme Court should be asked to rule as to whether convicted arms smuggler Niels…

The high level of private debt in this country is a threat to the economy, Handelsbanken economists claim. Although the Danish mortgage system has traditionally made Danes perpetual debtors throughout their lives, household…

It’s highly unlikely that tax reform will fuel a spending boom, as hoped by the government. Although taxpayers will soon enjoy a collective DKK7bn windfall, a new report by Nordea analysts shows that…

After being conspicuously absent during a weekend of political storm weather that’s threatened to split the coalition, Prime Minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt today defended the government’s much criticised tax reform agreement with the opposition…