Sunday was another busy day of EU politicking for Helle Thorning-Schmidt as she played host to President of the EU Commission José Manuel Barroso at the Prime Minister’s official residence at  Marienborg –…

Prime Minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt distanced herself from centre-left colleagues in Italy and France during a day of talks with President of the EU Commission Manuel Barroso in Copenhagen, Sunday. While the two socialist…

Prime Minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt’s back-slapping weekend with EU leaders is a repeat of events in 2009, when prime minister at the time Anders Fogh Rasmussen denied he was interested in becoming NATO Secretary…

It would be ’extremely arrogant’ of Helle Thorning-Schmidt to say no to a top EU job, according to Liberal MEP Jens Rohde who despite a closer political affiliation to Luxembourg’s former Conservative leader…

Danish People’s Party (DPP) MEP Morten Messerschmidt has his yes on a cabinet job if – and when – the DPP becomes part of a government coalition in the not too distant future….

The Liberals appear to have stemmed the voter exodus. A new Voxmeter poll shows that 22.1% would vote for the leading opposition party today, two percentage points up on two weeks ago when…

Copenhagen is named as one the world’s best ‘dating cites’ in a new BBC travel guide, with ‘romantic spots’ throughout the city. From the BBC’s website: Founded as a Viking fishing village, Copenhagen…

Politics/Economy New documents published by US whistleblower Edward Snowden indicated a close Danish intelligence partnership with NSA. Danish Military Intelligence (FE) allegedly cooperated with the NSA by tapping fibre-optic cables carrying phone calls,…

German Chancellor Angela Merkel showered Danish Prime Minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt with praise after their Berlin lunch date, Thursday, and said there‘s no reason a president of the European Council should not come from…

PET (Danish Intelligence) will keep Copenhagen’s new mosque in Nørrebro under observation, Justice Minister Karen Hækkerup said after the gala opening ceremony yesterday. She also admitted that although the purpose-built mosque has been…