Windmill giant Vestas has won a major contract to supply 22 wind turbines to a windmill farm in Nicaragua. The order, from Blue Power & Energy, covers the supply, construction, and five years’…

It’s election day in Denmark. Three weeks of intense campaigning comes to and end today as nearly 90% of the adult population head for the polls to choose a new government – one…

The overnight Gallup poll indicates the election could be close, but not close enough to win a new term for the government. Social Democrat leader Helle Thorning-Schmidt maintains a narrow lead, although Prime…

The opinion polls have fluctuated for the past 18 months but one thing has remained constant – the opposition is heading for victory. Despite signs that the government has made inroads in the…

One in five of all voters heading for a polling booth right now is still in doubt as to which party will get their cross (x) on the ballot paper, the latest poll by researchers…

Despite the prospect of a crushing defeat today, Prime Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen told foreign journalists yesterday that he remains optimistic because ‘he knows the Danes’. He said he had travelled throughout the…

The Socialist People’s Party (SPP) has made a last-minute appeal to left-wing supporters not to waste their vote on the Social Liberals. Although the two parties share many of the same views about…

The Conservatives’ foreign policy spokesman, Naser Khader, has dismissed the controversial border control agreement as ‘ridiculous’ and said his party only voted for it to push through the retirement reform package. During a…

Mohammed illustrator Kurt Westergaard was ordered to cut short his working visit to Norway this week by Danish Intelligence (PET). Mr Westergard, who is under round the clock protection, originally claimed he came…

Helle Thorning-Schmidt’s nonchalant attitude during the election campaign has alienated a lot of her own party’s voters, according to leading political commentator Hans Engell, who have now moved rightwards towards the Social Liberals,…