MPs sound alarm after nuclear clause quietly dropped from U.S. deal
Defence Minister Troels Lund Poulsen faced a grilling after it emerged that a sentence ruling out nuclear weapons on Danish soil in peacetime had quietly vanished from the proposed legal text underpinning a…
MorePM brushes off backlash over Arne pension: “We haven’t decided anything yet”
Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen has dismissed criticism over the future of the so-called ‘Arne pension’, saying no decision has been made about what it will look like in 2040. The pension, which allows…
MoreHouse Speaker stands by school Palestine debate ban
Speaker of the House Søren Gade is holding firm on a decision to exclude the Israel-Palestine conflict from the 2026 School Election, despite criticism from several major education groups. The controversy began after…
MoreDoping cases rise for fifth year in a row
Danish customs authorities intercepted over 205,000 doping pills and ampoules last year, marking a record fifth consecutive rise in doping-related seizures. In total 1,833 attempts to smuggle doping substances into the country were…
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Ryanair exit hits Billund hard…DR drafts exit plan from U.S. tech giants Amazon, Microsoft and Google…Horse farm fined over buried carcasses Ryanair exit hits Billund hard Billund Airport lost nearly 100,000 passengers in…
MoreBillion-kroner healthcare boost promises more doctors and faster treatment
A new multi-billion kroner health reform agreement will shift care from hospitals to local communities and ramp up training for doctors. The agreement, unveiled by the government, regional authorities and municipalities on Sunday,…
MoreUnion boss presses PM on pensions: ‘We can’t wait five years’
Denmark’s largest trade union 3F is calling on Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen to deliver a clear plan for the country’s pension system. The Social Democrats voted last week to approve the next scheduled…
MoreMosque fraud triggers scrutiny of 56 religious groups in Copenhagen
Copenhagen Municipality is cracking down on religiously affiliated groups who receive public funds after a mosque was caught securing over a million kroner on false grounds. The Islamic Center for European Countries (ICEL),…
MoreGovernment proposes ankle monitors to ease pressure on prisons
The government wants to cut the number of people held in pre-trial detention by allowing more to await trial at home with ankle monitors. Roughly a third of inmates in Danish prisons are…
MoreNew exemptions to work obligation leave out Danes living abroad
The government is expanding the list of groups exempt from its controversial ‘workfare’ policy but not Danes who moved abroad for work or whose children grew up overseas. Children born to surrogate mothers,…
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