Minister for the Environment Magnus Heunicke has rejected calls for an independent inquiry into the Nordic Waste scandal in which taxpayers are facing a potential DKK200m (€27m) bill for the cleanup operation following…

The Liberals (Venstre) have suggested that all immigrants granted a disability pension should have their claim re-evaluated. In an interview with Jyllands-Posten this morning, Liberal leader Troels Lund Poulsen said there’s a high…

The Ministry for Immigration and Integration has proposed new rules for foreigners who want to bring their spouses to this country via family reunification. If passed, foreign wives or husbands will no longer…

King Frederik and Queen Mary arrived in Stockholm, Monday, for their first official visit abroad. It’s a Danish tradition for new monarchs to make a courtesy visit to their Scandinavian neighbours first –…

Danish pharmaceutival giant Novo Nordisk has joined forces with Microsoft founder Bill Gates to ‘accelerate global health equity’.  At the Global Science Summit summit in Helsingør. Monday the Novo Nordisk Foundation, the Bill…

Danish Intelligence agencies have warned of a heightened Russian espionage threat. Two years after the Foreign Ministry expelled 15 diplomats from the Russian Embassy in Copenhagen, the head of counter-espionage at Danish Intelligence…

The Russian Foreign Ministry has warned of ‘repercussions’ if Denmark restricts the passage of Russian ships. At a Moscow press conference on Friday,  spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said any Danish move to restrict the…

Moderates leader Lars Løkke Rasmussen has lashed out at the Danish People’s Party (DPP) for posting an anti-EU video, Sunday, on the 79th anniversary of Denmark’s liberation from Nazi Germany. The controversial video…

The Red/Green Alliance has rejected a wide range of proposals to change its official policy on Israel and Gaza. Although leader Palle Dragsted condemned ‘Netanyahu’s brutal war against Gaza’ in a speech at…

A memorial in Copenhagen honouring the many Danish citizens who helped to evacuate thousands of Jews to neutral Sweden during World War 2 was vandalised again over the weekend. Copenhagen Police have launched…