Voters are divided on whether the Danish People’s Party should become part of government if the opposition wins the next election. Despite the populist party’s strong showing in the polls, leader Kristian Thulesen…

Foreign Minister Martin Lidegaard has called for an inquiry into the repercussions of the Afghanistan war which cost 43 Danish soldiers their life while hundreds more were seriously injured. Mr Lidegaard said it’s…

Northern Iraq is in danger of becoming a breeding ground for terrorists, trained to be unleashed throughout the world, and very possibly Denmark, Foreign Minister Martin Lidegaard has warned after the government agreed…

Denmark’s leading terror expert agrees with Foreign Minister Martin Lidegaard’s evaluation of the terrorist threat in Northern Iraq. Lars Erslev Andersen, senior researcher at Danish Institute for International Studies (DIIS), said the possibility of…

NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen believes the situation in Iraq and Syria has deteriorated to such an extent that the international community needs to consider military intervention. However, even though the Islamic…

Danish Intelligence (PET) sent operatives to the USA in 2008 to receive training from American private security firm Blackwater, the same year the company came under investigation for the killing of 14 Iraqi…

Politics/Economy Liberal leader Lars Løkke Rasmussen and new Conservative leader Søren Pape Poulsen acknowledged that the two former coalition partners don’t always see eye to eye on every issue but agreed to form…

The government is preparing to help Iraq with humanitarian aid. Prime Minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt confirmed last night that Denmark is ready help the US-led mission in Northern Iraq with a transport plane that…

Both the Liberals (V) and Socialist People’s Party (SPP) have offered their unreserved support for the government’s offer of humanitarian aid to the US-led military operation in Iraq. Liberal leader Lars Løkke Rasmussen…

The Danish People’s Party has no problems supporting the US-led operation in Iraq but is concerned about Denmark getting dragged into a new war in the troubled country. Foreign Affairs spokesman Søren Espersen…