The government is facing a problem with surveillance legislation after the European Court of Justice (ECJ) declared the data retention directive, which requires Danish mobile operators to log details about users’ locations, emails,…

Denmark is ready to challenge the EU on cross-border goods transportation legislation – the so-called cabotage rules that allow long-distance foreign truckers to undertake three journeys in this country after dropping off goods…

NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen warned of “grave consequences” for the alliance’s relations with Moscow if Russia encroaches further into eastern Ukraine, where demonstrators have seized several public buildings. “If Russia were…

Danish farmers could suffer even more after the European Union launched a case on Tuesday in the World Trade Organisation (WTO) against a Russian ban on imports of pigs and pork from the…

A new Tax Ministry projection shows it could be far cheaper to remove the registration duty on cars than previously assumed, paving the way for newer, bigger, and ‘greener’ cars on Danish roads….

Nearly half of the electorate would prefer an alternative prime minister to the current incumbent, Helle Thorning-Schmidt, or her rival, opposition leader Lars Løkke Rasmussen. A new poll by news website, Altinget.DK, shows…

Prime Minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt emerged from a crisis meeting with Social Democrat constituency chairmen and local politicians, Friday, claiming to have complete support for her policies. After a week when a number of…

The truce called after Friday’s crisis meeting between Social Democrat party leadership and local constituency chairman will be a short-lived affair, according to a well-known political commentator. Jesper Termansen, political editor for Radio…

Foreign Minister Martin Lidegaard continued to stress the need for dialogue with Russia, Monday, after reports that pro-Russian activists in eastern Ukraine had seized state security buildings in the cities of Donetsk and…

The Conservatives have acknowledged that they – alongside all parliamentary parties – have been far too complacent during the economic crisis. After new figures showing that 23 top Danish companies have shed 18,000…