Inflation continues to rise. The latest Statistics Denmark figures show prices in May were 7.4% higher than the same period last year, the highest rate of inflation since May 1983. Food and non-alcoholic…

Employment Minister Peter Hummelgaard has sparked a political storm by accusing the opposition Liberals (Venstre) of copying Donald Trump’s dirty-tricks methods to ‘sow distrust’ in Danish institutions and authorities. In an interview with…

Nearly half of the electorate have reacted positively to Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen’s suggestion of an across-the-aisle, multi-party coalition in the future. Although both the Liberals (Venstre) and Conservatives, the two biggest parties on…

The Foreign Ministry has dismissed international media reports that Denmark sent a ‘diplomatic note’ to the EU raising doubts about granting Ukraine candidate status for membership. According to the Bloomberg News report, some…

Former US ambassador to Denmark, Carla Sands, has been ridiculed for claiming that Danes cycle so much because they can’t afford to drive a car. In response to the rising cost of petrol…

In a rousing speech to the Copenhagen Democracy Summit, Friday, former U.S. President Barack Obama called on democracies around the world to do more to push back the tide of authoritarianism and stressed the need…

The government has been denied funding for its move to relocate criminal asylum seekers and refugees to a jail in Kosovo. In December 2021, Denmark signed an agreement with Kosovo to rent a…

Politics/Economy: Leading political commentators predicted the Prime Minister is preparing to call an election this autumn, following her suggestion of a left-right multi-party coalition  – Berlingske’s Bent Winther said he’s confident voters will…

The Social Liberals (Radikale) have threatened to topple the government if it carries out its plan to send unauthorised asylum seekers to Rwanda. Party leader Sofie Carsten Nielsen told Jyllands-Posten she can no longer…

Denmark has again been criticised for its alleged anti-Muslim policies. In a new report published Thursday, the European Commission against Racism and Intolerance (ECRI) called on Denmark to urgently address anti-Muslim discrimination and racism…