Lundbeck pulls US execution drug /  Novo Nordisk’s anti-obesity pill gets US approval / Pandora buys French retailer Lundbeck: A condemned murderer was granted a stay of execution in Pennsylvania, US, Friday because…

Politics / Economy Voters are also losing faith in the government after Liberal leader Margrethe Vestager quit Danish politics to take up the post of Danish EU Commissioner, causing a cabinet reshuffle. Nearly…

Foreign Minister Martin Lidegaard continued to maintain yesterday that Denmark has no plans to get involved in Syria’s civil war – but at the same time declined to rule out the possibility of…

The Liberals’ Søren Pind has challenged the government to acknowledge that its strategy regarding the civil war in Syria has been totally misguided. The former development minister welcomed President Obama’s threat to wipe…

Parties on both sides of the aisle are ready to make it illegal for Danish citizens to travel to Syria or Northern Iraq. The Liberals, with the backing of the Danish People’s Party…

The government is examining the possibility of withdrawing the passports of suspected jihadists heading for Iraq or Syria. The Social Democrats’ justice spokeswoman, Trine Bramsen, said prevention is still the best method but…

Local Liberal politicians in Aarhus have vowed to stop the controversial Grimhøj mosque from opening a Koranic school that will follow Islamic theology and teach the Arabic language. 120 children between 8 and…

Danish People’s Party concern that Sweden’s open-door policy for refugees will eventually put a strain on Danish welfare are completely unfounded, a new study shows. After the Swedish parliament, Riksdagen, voted to accept…

Many moderate Muslims are refusing to join a planned demonstration against the Islamic State (ISIL) because they’re scared of the threat of reprisal from radical co-religionists. Mohammed Sabah Ahmand, former spokesman for the…

Danish People’s Party leader Kristian Thulesen Dahl has urged Finance Minister Bjarne Corydon to reveal all the alternative offers that were on the table when he accepted US investment bank Goldman Sachs’ offer…