Politics/Economy Finance Minister Claus Hjort Frederiksen presented the government’s draft budget, Tuesday, which, if passed, will lead to increase spending on health care and the elderly, financed by cuts in foreign aid, ‘green’…

Nearly 4,000 government jobs in Copenhagen are to be dispersed throughout the country. At a press conference to announce the plan Prime Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen called it the ‘biggest ever relocation of…

Denmark’s F-16s have dropped their final bombs in Iraq – for the time being.  A Danish Defence spokesman said last night that the planes had flown their final mission and are now preparing…

Nearly 80 per cent of the Danish public believe that discrimination based on ethnic origin is widespread in this country, compared to the EU average of 64 per cent. The European Commission’s latest…

Copenhagen Muslims will have the opportunity of praying at Denmark’s biggest mosque today. The 2,100 square metre Shia Ali Mosque in Vibevej, north-west Copenhagen, was officially unveiled, Thursday, to become one of three,…

More development aid projects will be closed down in the future if Denmark is forced to spend more money on refugees, Finance Minister Claus Hjorth Frederiksen warned last night. The government has already…

Sweden, Norway, and Finland are backing former prime minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt’s candidacy for UN refugee commissioner.  The three have all confirmed their support, Jyllands-Posten writes today, although Sweden has reservations about her record…

A marred couple living off the state will lose around DKK2,500 per month under the government’s proposals to reduce welfare dependency, published today. Although basic handouts will be untouched, housing benefit will be…

In a novel move to reverse Denmark’s falling birth rates – and sell trips abroad – Danish travel company Spies is urging prospective grandmothers to buy vacations for their offsprings to encourage them…

Peter Christensen is the new minister of defence, replacing Carl Holst who quit, Tuesday, after admitting using a political aide whose salary was paid by taxpayers to help with his parliamentary election campaign…