Politicians, religious leaders, and members of the Royal family have declined to attend the inauguration of Copenhagen’s first specially-built mosque in Rovsingsgade in the inner city district of Nørrebro in Copenhagen. A telephone…

Local politicians have voiced fears that the government is setting up a ‘refugee ghetto’ by placing up to 700 rejected asylum seekers in a new ‘deportation centre’ in a disused barracks in Hørsholm,…

Prime Minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt appears to be riding a wave of success at the moment. After being counted out just a few months ago, the Social Democrat Party is now riding high in…

Liberal leader Lars Løkke Rasmussen has urged the government to ease the rules so pig farmers can increase production and create much-needed jobs for struggling slaughterhouses. At the Public Forum in Bornholm he…

Justice Minister Karen Hækkerup has acknowledged that Danish Intelligence (PET) has known since 2011 that gossip magazine See&Hear illegally paid cash for sensitive credit card information concerning well-known Danes. In response to a…

For the second year in a row, Copenhagen has claimed the number-one spot in Monocle’s 2014 Quality of Life Survey. This makes the Danish capital the first three-time winner of the report which…

Denmark and Burkina Faso have joined together to counter violent extremism in the Sahel and West Africa and forge stronger collaborative international efforts in the region The two countries have laid out a…

Politics/Economy During parliament’s closing debate before the summer recess, Tuesday, Prime Minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt said Denmark is definitely making economic progress and has emerged from years of financial instability Opposition leader Lars Løkke…

Finance Minister Bjarne Corydon and Economy Minister Margrethe Vestager are seen as the two most powerful people in Denmark. The latest Berlingske Business power list, to be published today, ranks them higher than…

Danish People’s Party leader Kristian Thulesen Dahl is ‘flattered’ to be named as a future Danish prime minister by his party’s new allies at the EU but dismissed the speculation. According to an…