US Ambassador to Denmark Rufus Gifford married his partner in a civil ceremony at Copenhagen Town Hall, Saturday. Mr Gifford, the U.S. envoy since September 2013, is a strong gay rights advocate and…

Politics/Economy Immigration and integration dominated Prime Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen’s opening speech to parliament, Tuesday, when he said no matter whether one believes there are too many, or too few, refugees in Denmark,…

The Social Democrats mocked Danish People’s Party (DPP) leader Kristian Thulesen Dahl yesterday for dropping his ‘non-negotiable’ election campaign demand for public sector growth of not less than 0.8%. After the DPP leader…

Prime Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen failed to mention climate policy or the environment once during his opening speech to parliament, Tuesday, but both were high on the agenda during a fiery opening debate…

The ruling Liberals have dismissed the Social Democrats’ offer to negotiate a broad, cross party budget, excluding the Conservatives and Liberal Alliance, as an ‘empty gesture.’ Ahead of today’s budget negotiations at the…

Either jobless people in this country are lazy and don’t want to work or the state doesn’t make enough demands on them, a transport sector leader said yesterday in response to figures showing…

The Conservatives’ integration spokesman, Naser Khader, has put forward a parliamentary proposal aimed at preventing a well-known Islamist from gaining citizenship. The person in question, Belal El-Khatib, was highlighted in Politiken on September…

Odense Zoo in central Denmark has invited children to watch a lion being dissected next week, one year after staff at Copenhagen Zoo received death threats for letting kids watch a dead giraffe…

Denmark’s squadron of F-16s have returned to Denmark after 12 months of bombing and surveillance missions against the Islamic State in Iraq. Newly appointed Defence Minister Peter Christensen personally greeted the seven pilots…

The streets of Copenhagen will go completely car free for one entire Sunday next September. Copenhagen City Council voted last night to make the capital a pedestrian and bicycle paradise for a single day…