NATO Secretary General General Anders Fogh Rasmussen hailed Saturday’s  elections in Afghanistan  as an “historic moment”, praising the “enthusiasm” of voters and the “outstanding job” by Afghan security forces. “I congratulate the millions…

Politics/Economy Prime Minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt vowed to lead the Social Democrats into the next election despite internal dissent from a number of local constituency chairmen who claim the party would have a greater…

Prime Minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt has vowed to lead the Social Democrats into the next election. In response to rumours of a possible top EU job this summer, and calls for her to step…

The Social Democrats would have a greater chance of winning the next election if Employment Minister Mette Frederiksen was at the head of the party, say the 15 local constituency chairmen who’ve called…

Denmark will re-direct development aid funding to Afghanistan if the new government fails to clamp down on corruption after Saturday’s election. Minister for Development Aid Mogens Jensen has warned that money will be…

Leading Danish Islamists cooperated closely with terrorist organisations during the Mohammed cartoons crisis nine years ago, according to a new book by Islam ‘apologist’ Ahmad Akkari. As a leading member of the Islamic…

Although Liberal MP Jakob Engel-Schmidt would change the title of his “Stop Israeli apartheid” article on the West Bank situation if he could, he continued to condemn Israeli policy towards the Palestinians yesterday….

Head of the Danish Mortgage Banks’ Federation, Carsten Nøddebo, has joined the chorus of top finance leaders who have declared the financial crisis more or less over. At the federation’s annual meeting, Thursday,…

National Bank boss calls for cap on interest-only loans / SAS axes Bangkok route / Exchange reserves down National Bank: National Bank Governor General Lars Rohde has suggested a limit on interest-only mortgages…

Prime Minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt has again rejected speculation that she could be heading for a top EU posting. Ahead of the EU-Africa summit in Brussels, the PM told journalists that she couldn’t do…