The pressure on Prime Minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt and the government to solve the unemployment benefits problem rises day by day. The latest figures show that 13,000 jobless have already lost their right to…

Tomorrow, Thursday the 9th of May, is Ascension Day and a public holiday in Denmark. 7.59 will not be published but we’ll be back on Friday with all the main news stories. We…

Six rebel Social Democrat MP’s who’ve publicly criticised the government’s failure to come to the aid of the jobless who’ve dropped out of the unemployment insurance scheme were given a dressing down by…

Israel’s ambassador to Denmark, Arthur Avnon, has denounced Denmark’s decision to upgrade the Palestinian diplomatic mission in Copenhagen to embassy status. In unusually strong language, the Ambassador accuses Foreign Minister Villy Søvndal of…

The opposition has accused Foreign Minister Villy Søvndal of committing a diplomacy ‘faux-pas’ by ignoring the Israeli ambassador’s desire to discuss last week’s decision to give the Palestinian mission in Copenhagen diplomatic status…

The government could be forced to hold a referendum on the proposed EU Patent Court as it can’t put together the requisite five-sixths parliamentary majority needed to pass the legislation. The Red/Green Alliance,…

It looks like 179 MP’s are going to have to reorganise their summer holiday plans. The Danish Parliament is scheduled to close down on the 4th of June but due to a legislative…

Danish scientists at Aarhus University are not, as claimed by the British newspaper, The Daily Telegraph, close to finding a cure for the HIV virus. In an article under the headline ‘Scientists on…

Copenhagen Airport continues to enjoy increased turnover and profit, despite falling passenger figures. Despite a 0.7 per cent downturn  in travellers, net turnover rose by 2.4 per cent in Q1, to DKK787.1m, leading…

The government is facing an embarrassing defeat in parliament’s final debate before the summer recess. The Red/Green Alliance has threatened to withhold the votes needed for a majority unless the government comes up with a…