Education and re-training will be at the forefront of the government’s upcoming reform of the job-seeker system, according to Employment Minister Mette Frederiksen. Thousands of jobless people who’ve previously been shunted onto meaningless…

The government’s social policy remains intact according to the ruling Social Democrats, even though new Minister Anette Wilhelmsen (SPP) has criticised her predecessor’s hard-line rhetoric aimed at benefits claimants. In an interview with…

Tax cuts, not more public spending, are the key to growth according to head of the ‘wise men’ of the Economic Council, Professor Hans Jørgen Whitta-Jacobsen. The wise men suggested in their latest…

The pattern of migration to Denmark is gradually changing. A new study indicates that the number of Christian immigrants will soon exceed Muslims. The study reveals that ten years ago Muslim immigrants exceeded…

A former Danish spy has revealed how a covert intelligence agency set up during the Cold War fed the major political parties with sensitive information about the extreme left. Ole Baslev, a former…

Minister of Culture Marianne Jelved has urged the International Olympic Committee to ‘seriously reconsider’ whether Russia meets the criteria for hosting the Winter Olympics in February. She said Russia’s controversial anti-gay law is…

It’s been officially confirmed that Prime Minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt will meet with US President Barak Obama during his visit to Sweden next month. According to the Ministry of State’s website, the PM, alongside…

The Red/Green Alliance has challenged Prime Minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt to raise some serious issues with US President Barak Obama when the two leaders meet in Sweden next month, including an immediate halt to…

Islam apologist Ahmed Akkari has declared himself ‘ready and willing’ to tell the Arabic world that it harbours a ‘misguided’ and ‘totally wrong’ view of the West and its values. Mr Akkari, who’s…

Denmark’s embassy in Beirut has confirmed that a Danish citizen has been arrested in Lebanon but refused to confirm or deny whether he was involved in a terrorist act last week. The Embassy…