A broad, cross-party majority in parliament has agreed to honour the pledge to spend at least 0.7% of gross national income (GNI) on foreign development aid for the next five years. Although the…

Foreign development aid will in future be used as a tool to put pressure on recipient countries who refuse to accept failed asylum seekers. As part of the government’s new ‘robust dialogue’ strategy,…

British Prime Minister Theresa May’s warning that Britain’s exit from the EU will be a ‘hard Brexit’ has sent shockwaves through the Danish business sector. A number of food and fishing companies, heavily reliant on…

In response to warnings from legal experts a political majority is demanding changes in the way the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) in Strasbourg works. There’s a widespread view that the Court…

The government is planning a crackdown on foreign fighters with a new bill that will stop them claiming social benefits while fighting abroad. 36 young Muslims are known to have continued to receive thousands…

Denmark is ranked 5th on World Economic Forum’s (WEF) Inclusive Growth and Development Report 2017, published to coincide with the Davo summit. Norway tops the Index, which ranks economies based on their performance…

Denmark is ready to sign a free-trade agreement with the UK, Prime Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen said yesterday after his British counterpart, Therese May, made it clear that her country ‘cannot possibly’ remain…

When Great Britain initiates exit negotiations with the EU there are big issues at stake that will affect the everyday life of the average Dane, leading economists said after British PM Theresa May…

Justice Minister Søren Pape Poulsen was in Strasbourg, Tuesday, trying to whip up support for Denmark’s Europol deal before the May 1st deadline when the cross-border police agency becomes a supranational body. The Minister said…

A new list disclosing cabinet ministers’ personal financial affairs reveals Business Minister Brian Mikkelsen is the wealthiest. Many politicians on the right have for years boycotted parliamentary rules that require them to publicly…