Former climate minister Dan Jørgensen was amongst the 26 new EU Commissioners finally approved by EU lawmakers, Wednesday, following months of negotiations and political in-fighting that began with June’s European election. After receiving…

Denmark’s outgoing vice-president of the European Commission Margrethe Vestager has announced her new role as a fellow of the Blavatnik School of Government, part of Oxford University in the UK, which ‘brings together…

Cabinet ministers are set to receive a significant wage hike as part of the 2025 budget agreed last week by a cross-party majority. Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen can look forward to a DKK…

Proposals to limit alcohol sales have already been dismissed by opposition parties as ‘un-Danish’ and ‘excessively bureaucratic’. After leading doctors called for a ban on alcohol sales after 22.00 in a bid to…

Sweden’s government has asked the Chinese ship that’s stood still in the waters north of Jutland for nearly a week to return to Swedish waters and aid the investigation into the suspected sabotage…

Support for the government is at an all-time low. A new Voxmeter poll for Ritzau shows the ruling Social Democrats/Liberal(Venstre)/Moderates coalition would win no more than 32.4% of the vote and only 58…

Denmark fully supports the International Criminal Court’s (ICC) arrest warrant for Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Mette Frederiksen said during parliamentary question time, Tuesday. In a direct response to the Red/Greens’ Palle Dragsted,…

Terrorist organisation Hamas is suspected of maintaining a secret weapons cache in Denmark, part of a Europe-wide arms network intended for potential attacks on Jewish institutions. According to an indictment by Germany’s Federal…

Simultaneous interpretation was used for the first time on Tuesday in Parliament, enabling Greenlandic MP Aki-Matilda Høegh-Dam to address the chamber in her native language. Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen hailed the move as…

Leading doctors have called for a ban on alcohol sales after 22.00 in a bid to stop binge drinking, particularly amongst young people. The proposal is part of the Danish Medical Association’s (DMA)…