Lars Løkke Rasmussen’s penchant for first-class air travel isn’t matched by other international politicians and leaders. Development Minister Christian Friis Bach told a parliamentary hearing yesterday that in the wake of the GGGI…

Greenland’s Prime Minister, Aleqa Hammond, has again warned that Denmark doesn’t have the right to decide over her country’s raw materials, particularly uranium.  The Inuit Party was forced to leave the coalition government…

The ruling Social Democrats are ready to discuss the possibility of ‘medical marijuana’. In response to reports of patients buying cannabis and hashish in Christiania, the party’s justice spokesperson, Trine Bramsen, said if…

Consumer confidence in this country is on the rise, despite figures showing a drop in retail sales. Analysts highlight two decisive factors for the increased confidence – a rise in real wages alongside…

The government, backed by a cross-party parliamentary majority, has set aside DKK185m to improve chemical safety between 2014-17. The money will be aimed at heightening the focus on chemicals in products aimed at…

Ahead of next month’s municipal elections, local authorities have indicated that if they are given more funding they’d prefer to spend it on schools, ahead of the unemployed, care homes for the elderly,…

Shipping and oil giant A.P. Møller-Mærsk would consider selling off its Danish Supermarket division, which numbers national chains Netto, Føtex, and Bilka, ‘if the right buyer came along’. In an interview with Berlingske…

Police officers from Romania and other East Europan countries have enjoyed success in this country helping their Danish counterparts to solve break-ins and other crimes. In an official response to parliament’s Legal Affairs…

Development Minister Christian Friis Bach will face a grilling from both sides of parliament today when he fields questions about the Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI) controversy. After two weeks of criticism aimed…

Minister for Foreign Affairs Villy Søvndal was rushed to hospital, Tuesday morning, after suffering  a blood clot (thrombus) in the heart. Doctors performed an angioplasty on the 61-year-old Minister, a procedure that involves…