The government will introduce a ‘Ban the Burka’ bill before parliament later this year but it’s uncertain as to whether it can put together a majority for the move to fine people who…

Human rights and the Ukraine conflict topped the agenda in talks between Foreign Minister Anders Samuelsen and his Russian counterpart, Sergej Lavrov, in Moscow, Tuesday. At a press conference following the meeting Mr…

Gazprom’s Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline, scheduled to pass through Danish territorial waters east of Bornholm, lives up to all the required legislation, Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergej Lavrov told his Danish counterpart, Anders…

Foreign Minister Anders Samuelsen has been asked to explain why a controversial transport company has been provided with professional help by the Danish embassy in Prague. Over the past two years Nordic Transport…

Ten years of record-low interest rates are coming to an end, signaling higher mortgages and an end to the property boom. Finance expert, Professor Jesper Rangvid of Copenhagen Business School (CBS), said borrowers…

The government and Danish People’s Party are close to agreement on tax reform, Berlingske reported last night. Negotiations collapsed shortly before Christmas when Prime Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen announced the government would rather scale…

Opposition Mette Frederiksen leader characterised  non-western immigration as the biggest challenge facing Denmark, after presenting a long list of proposals, Monday, that will form the backbone of the Social Democrats’ asylum and refugee…

The UNHCR (Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees) is named as an important partner in the Social Democrats’ plan to turn away asylum seekers at the Danish border and send…

Danish People’s Party (DPP) leader welcomed the Social Democrats’ new asylum policy proposals but called for action ‘sooner rather than later’. He agreed that non-western immigration is the biggest challenge facing Denmark but…

Ahead of his visit to Moscow today Foreign Minister Anders Samuelsen warned that Russia’s aggression in Ukraine and the Baltic would be high on the agenda during talks with his Russian counterpart, Sergej…