Here are the four leaked cables that have sparked off the new controversy regarding the CIA’s secret rendition flights. All were written by James P. Cain. To read the cables in full, and…

Two former Foreign Ministers, the Social Democrats’ Mogens Lykketoft and the Social Liberals’ Niels Helveg Petersen, say they have nothing against allowing Minister of Foreign Affairs Lene Espesen to present the government’s argument…

Amnesty International has appealed to Prime Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen and opposition leader Helle Thorning-Schmidt to do something about the Guantánamo detention facility in Cuba. Today marks the ninth anniversary of the first…

The Ministry of Integration has for years ignored UN Convention by refusing to grant citizenship to at least 22 Palestinians. The convention states clearly that stateless people born in Denmark have a right…

The Conservatives have demanded a political response to a TV documentary aired Monday showing how Christian and atheist immigrants in this country are often harassed by Muslims. Integration spokesman Naser Khader, the country’s…

Denmark’s balance of payments surplus rose to DKK10.7bn in November, new Statistics Denmark figures show, a growth of DKK1.8bn since 2009. http://borsen.dk/nyheder/oekonomi/artikel/1/198968/betalingsbalancen

Consumer prices rose by 2.8% in December, new Statistics Denmark figures show, causing the highest level of inflation since the downturn started over two years ago. Niels Rønholt, senior economist at Jyske Bank,…

Parliament re-opens tomorrow but politicians are thinking more about an election than legislative work. The Social Democrats’ policy spokesman, Henrik Sass Larsen, said an election date tops the agenda for all parties, not…

Retail sales fell by 0.2% in November compared to the previous month, a disappointment to the government which has pinpointed private spending as the locomotive to pull the economy out of recession. However,…

Helena Benaouda, head of the Muslim Council of Sweden, has admitted to acting naïvely with regards to her son-in-law, ‘MA’ who is currently detained in Denmark on suspicion of planning a terrorist attack…