Politics/Economy: Social Democrat leader Mette Frederiksen became Denmark’s youngest-ever prime minister after finalising terms for a one-party minority government with her left-wing allies. After Denmark became the third Nordic country this year to…

Denmark’s youngest-ever prime minister, Mette Frederiksen, has named a fairly youthful cabinet with an average age of 41.8. Nicolai Wammen, minister for Europe and defence minister in the previous Social Democrat-led government, is…

Departing prime minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen handed over the ‘office keys’ to his successor, Mette Fredriksen, at an informal ministry of state ceremony, Thursday, but vowed to return. Mr Rasmussen said he’s developed…

Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen will ‘hit the ground running’ with a trip to Brussels on Sunday to attend her first European Council meeting with other EU heads of states and governments. The summit…

45-year-old Jeppe Kofod is Denmark’s new Foreign Minister, replacing ex-Liberal Alliance leader Anders Samuelsen who quit politics three weeks ago following the party’s disastrous election result. Mr Kofod, a Danish MP since 1998,…

38-year-old Mattias Tesfaye will have one of the toughest jobs in the new government as immigration and integration minister, political commentators predicted yesterday. As the Social Democrats’ immigration spokesman for the past four…

A Syrian asylum seeker is facing deportation after being found guilty of throwing stones at anti-Islamist Rasmus Paludan. The 24-year-old man, who was also given a 60-day prison sentence, told Viborg City Court…

The prosecutorial authorities in Morocco have demanded the death penalty for three men charged with slaying Danish backpacker Louisa Vesterager Jespersen, 24, and 28-year-old Norwegian Maren Ueland, who had their throats slit while…

Bank execs fined DKK225m / Bio-tech company aims for US stock market / Chile air freight company opens direct route to Copenhagen…… Eight former executives of Amagerbanken, a Danish lender that collapsed in…

After formally advising HM Queen Margrethe that Social Democrat leader Mette Frederiksen should form a government, Wednesday, outgoing prime minister declined to talk politics but used the occasion to praise Denmark. He told…