Russia / NATO agreement Standing side by side with Russian President Dmitrij Medvedev at the Lisbon summit, Saturday, NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen said that Russia’s tentative offer to work together with…

Danish icon returns from Shanghai The world renowned symbol of Denmark, The Little Mermaid, is back in Denmark after an eight-month sojourn in China. In an official ceremony to mark the famous symbol’s…

No politics this time The Dalai Lama is to visit Denmark again, in April next year. The exiled spiritual leader has been invited by the Tibet Charity humanitarian organisation and seven other Danish…

Soc Dems bow to SPP pressure The Social Democrats have bowed down to their left-wing partners, the Socialist People’s Party (SPP), by taking Denmark’s contentious opt-out on the joint EU currency, the euro,…

No further restrictions says Helle Social Democrat leader Helle Thorning-Schmidt has vowed that her party will oppose any further tightening of immigration legislation. The thorny issue of immigration has been off the agenda…

The system works says minister Although the number of immigrants applying for residency by family reunification has been reduced by 50% since the government introduced the restrictive 24-years of age requirement in 2002,…

No brainiacs – no production The lack of highly-skilled manpower is a major problem that will seriously harm productivity and growth in Denmark over the next few years, financial daily Børsen warns today….

No integration in public sector The public sector in this country performs extremely poorly in terms of integration. Despite a well-meaning goal that the breakdown of state employees should reflect the demographics of…

Danes back Russia’s defence shield offer    62 per cent of the Danish electorate welcomes NATO’s efforts to involve Russia in the much-vaunted nuclear missile defence system, a new Gallup survey taken directly after…

 G4S back in the West Bank Danish-British G4S, the world’s leading international security solutions group, has come under fire for resuming its security operations in the occupied West Bank. The security giant’s reputation…