The government’s controversial immigration bill sailed through parliament on its second reading with little resistance, Thursday, and there is now nothing to stop it being passed next Tuesday. When the law comes into…

Foreign Minister Kristian Jensen repeated the government’s mantra that its refugee policy is ‘misunderstood’ when he appeared before the in UN in Geneva yesterday for a review of Denmark’s human rights policies. After…

A Liberal Alliance (LA) proposal to suspend the UN’s Refugee Convention for two years, to stop migrants applying for asylum, has been dismissed as ‘absurd’ by the government. At the same time, LA…

The Danish People’s Party (DPP) believes refugees and migrants should be placed in ‘villages’ outside towns and cities to shift the focus of immigration policy to repatriation rather than integration. Alongside the Social…

Left-wing parties throughout Scandinavia have joined together to urge their respective governments to stop fighting about who has the strictest asylum policy. In a joint declaration published in newspapers throughout the region today,…

The government’s plan to relocate thousands of public sector jobs to the provinces will cost far more than originally projected. A new report estimates the initial costs of moving agencies out of Copenhagen…

Denmark’s consumer confidence dropped at the start of the year, after improving in the previous two months. The consumer confidence index, which indicates people’s views on the current and future economic situation, fell…

The great flag mystery was solved yesterday when the Ministry of State revealed that it’s considering introducing national days for the Faroe Islands and Greenland. Politicians were baffled by an instruction issued by…

The European Parliament has asked the Danish government to attend a formal meeting in Brussels to defend its tough anti-refugee stance. In response to the widespread, negative  international coverage of the government’s plan…

The UN will today examine whether Denmark and the Danish government live up to their human rights obligations. With Denmark’s image abroad severely tarnished because of its tough anti-refugee policy, Foreign Minister Kristian…