Two parties that normally can’t agree on anything have thrown former defence minister Claus Hjort Frederiksen a potential lifeline in the espionage scandal. Both the Danish People’s Party (DPP) and Red/Green Alliance, on…

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg will arrive in Copenhagen this morning for talks with Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen, Minister of Foreign Affairs Jeppe Kofod, and Minister of Defence Morten Bødskov in which Ukraine…

Foreign Minister Jeppe Kofod has again appealed to foreign-fighter mothers who left Denmark to fight for the Islamic State to allow their children to be evacuated to Denmark. Five children with Danish citizenship…

The 10-year property boom that gained even more strength during the pandemic appears to be slowing down. According to a new Handelsbanken report, rising interest rates and high inflation will cause house and…

Denmark, Germany, Holland, and Belgium have agreed to increase wind energy capacity in the North Sea tenfold ahead of 2050, enough to supply around 230m households with green energy. Ahead of the North…

Charismatic Christian Democrat leader Isabella Arendt has stepped down, leaving the party in disarray ahead of the next general election that has to be held before June 5th 2023. Ms Arendt, a popular vote-getter…

Denmark has so far frozen DKK33m ($4.8m) of assets belonging to Russian oligarchs or companies. Documents seen by Politiken show DKK100,000 has been withheld from Russia’s second-largest bank, VTB, which has strong ties…

Former US ambassador to Denmark Carla Sands has failed in her bid to win the nomination for U.S. Senate from Pennsylvania. She was knocked out of the race at the first hurdle, Tuesday, when she came…

Foreign students given a free education in this country have left behind a collective debt in excess of DKK1bn. The government has repeatedly tried to reclaim the money but a new report by…

A regional health director who was fired last week over the leg amputation scandal has been awarded a DKK6.5m ‘golden handshake’. Ole Thomsen was head of the mid-Jutland health authority when it was…