Acting Defence Minister Troels Lund Poulsen has come out in defence of Jakob Ellemann-Jensen who’s been accused of misleading parliament when he lobbied strongly for approval of a DKK1.7bn ($250m) deal with controversial…

An Australian mining company denied the right to explore for critical minerals in Kvanefjeld, southern Greenland, is suing the government of the Arctic state for DKK15bn ($2.1bn) in compensation. In 2010, Australian company…

Parliament has voted down a proposal for an inquiry into the so-called ‘Samsam’ double agent affair. Ahead of last year’s election a majority of parties were leaning towards appointing a commission to investigate…

Germany and Denmark have inked a deal to increase wind energy from Bornholm. Following April’s agreement between nine European countries – Denmark, Belgium, France, Germany, Ireland, the Netherlands, UK and Norway – to scale…

Consumers are becoming more optimistic as inflation continues to ease. Overall, confidence rose to -15.1 in May 2023 from -18.2 in the previous month, the highest reading since March 2022. Consumer sentiment about…

Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen has arrived in Washington DC for talks with US President Joe Biden amid continuing speculation that she’s a leading contender to replace Jens Stoltenberg as NATO secretary general in…

In addition to the scheduled meetings between Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen and President Biden today, the two leaders will also conduct private ‘one on one’ talks, former U.S. Ambassador to Denmark Rufus Gifford…

A Danish national imprisoned in Iran for six months has been released. On arrival at Copenhagen Airport, Saturday, 28-year-old Thomas Kjems, part of a 3-man prisoner swap that also involved two Austrian nationals…

Helle Thorning-Schmidt has admitted that rumours about her husband’s alleged homosexuality created ‘major problems’ in her marriage to British politician Stephen Kinnock. In a new TV documentary to be aired this week the…

The government is investigating the possibility of outlawing a criminal bikers’ gang. Three years after immigrant street gang Loyal to Familia (LTF) was banned, Justice Minister Peter Hummelgaard said on Friday that the…