The renewed wave of fighting in eastern Ukraine shows EU sanctions on Russia should continue, Foreign Minister Anders Samuelsen said yesterday after reports that an escalation of hostilities between pro-Russian rebels and Ukrainian…

Danish People’s Party (DPP) leader Kristian Thulesen Dahl has called for a thaw in the west’s frosty relations with Russia. In his weekly newsletter to party members Mr Thulesen Dahl said it’s time…

The government has publicly denounced President Trump’s move to clamp down on a woman’s right to an abortion. Denmark and seven other EU countries have fired off a letter to Frederica Mogherini, the…

President Trump maintained his attack on the ‘dishonest media’, Monday, in a speech at an Air Force Base in Florida when he claimed that many terrorist attacks had gone unreported. The White House…

Integration Minister Inger Støjberg has repeated her disapproval of child brides even though parliament’s ombudsman has ruled the government acted illegally when it separated female minors, some as young as 14 years of…

Slow economic growth has made every person in this country DKK5,600 poorer over the past decade. A new study by the Danish Chamber of Commerce shows the Danish economy has been amongst the…

Multinational Royal Dutch Shell has initiated moves to sell its stake in the Danish Underground Consortium (DUC). Shell owns a 36.8 percent stake in DUC, valued at around $1bn, alongside operator A.P. Moller-Maersk,…

National Bank to defend safe-haven status / Maersk fined in Russia / New power link to Germany National Bank: Denmark’s biggest bank, Danske, has predicted that the National Bank will remain on high alert…

As the first Danish foreign minister to challenge a U.S. president for many years Anders Samuelsen has signalled a break with traditional foreign policy. The Liberal Alliance (LA) leader, who last week criticised…

When the Social Democrats side with the government in parliament it’s a sign of ‘responsibility’ and a challenge to the traditional electoral bloc policy, spokesman Nikolai Wammen said in response to a new…