Government has support for budget cuts
The minority Liberal government should be able to put together a majority for its 2016 budget which, according to leading political analyst and former Conservative party leader Hans Engell, generally lives up to…
MoreLøkke at UN
In a speech to the UN General Assembly, Monday evening, Prime Minister said it’s ‘time to act if we want to pass on a better world to our grandchildren.’ He named conflicts as…
MoreThorning lobbies for UNHCR job
Helle Thorning-Schmidt has kicked off her international campaign to become the next UN High Commissioner for Refugees to replace Portugal’s António Guterres, who steps down later this year. The former Danish prime minister is…
MoreChina looks to strengthen ties with Denmark
China is looking to increase cooperation with Denmark on major global issues like climate change and Arctic scientific exploration. From the Global Times: During a meeting with Prime Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen on…
MoreMore problems for Defence Minister
Defence Minister Carl Holst is in more trouble after the Southern Denmark Regional Authority, where he was chairman before joining the government this year, estimated that his personal assistant spent at least half…
MoreExperts: Projected labour shortage ‘exaggerated’
Political and business concern that Denmark could suffer a shortage of skilled workers in the near future is ‘grossly exaggerated’ according to labour market experts. A new report by the Economic Council of…
More10 years after Mohammed riots – ‘no regrets’ says cartoonist
On the 10th anniversary of the publication of the Mohammed cartoons, 80-year-old illustrator Kurt Westergaard claims to have no regrets about drawing the caricature of the Prophet with a bomb in his turban…
MoreControversy surrounds 2005 letter to Muslim ambassadors
New information casts doubts on foreign minister per Stig Møller’s claim that in 2005 he was unaware the ministry’s top civil servants helped to draft a letter about the controversial Mohammed cartoons to…
MoreForeign Minister: Iraq could become a divided country
Foreign Minister Kristian Jensen believes the division of Iraq could become a reality. In an interview with Rudaw, a Kurdish online newspaper, he says the West will continue to strengthen Iraqi Prime Minister…
MoreGovernment ignored prisoner abuse in Iraq
The Liberal-led government in 2004 violated international law by failing to accept responsibility for the treatment of nine prisoners of war detained by Danish troops in Iraq, a leading civil rights expert has…
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