The Socialist People’s Party (SPP) will vote for the controversial DONG deal in parliament today. After a stormy meeting between party leadership and the national executive board last night, under-pressure leader Anette Vilhelmsen…

The Socialist People’s Party (SPP) remains mired in chaos even though MP’s have been given the go-ahead by the national executive to vote for the DONG agreement. The fragility of the support for…

The government is faced with a virtual public revolt against the planned DONG sell-off. With parliament expected to ratify the agreement today, a new Gallup poll shows that eight of ten voters disagree…

Ukraine has become Russia’s ’puppet’, NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen said yesterday as he condemned the police violence against demonstrators in Kiev. The former Danish prime minister criticised Russia for pressuring Kiev…

The government stands accused of interfering in people’s private affairs after launching a 10-year plan aimed at improving public health. Health Minister Astrid Krag’s ambitious plan aims to reduce the number of smokers in…

The Danish film ‘Nymphomaniac 2’ by controversial director Lars von Trier has been banned in Romania. The Romanian cinema board has declared the film, a drama about a woman’s erotic journey from birth…

Despite signs of a housing market recovery and positive consumer confidence figures, Danish consumers are still reluctant to borrow money and would rather save than spend. Scandinavia’s biggest bank, Nordea, loaned DKK585bn to…

An overwhelming majority of the electorate believes that state-owned energy company DONG should remain in Danish hands and the government should reject the multi-billion offer from US investment bank Goldman Sachs. A new…

A crisis meeting of the Socialist People’s Party (SPP) today, convened to discuss the controversial DONG deal, threatens to turn into a debate about whether the party should remain in government. SPP MP…

Russian President Vladimir Putin arrived for talks in Brussels, Tuesday, ready to deflect criticism with a 153-page report highly critical of the EU, and Denmark’s, record on human rights. The report, compiled by…