The government is close to revealing how it will replace the 19 Caesar howitzers donated to Ukraine last week. Defence Minister Jacob Ellemann-Jensen has acknowledged that giving away the French-made artillery systems will…

A majority of the electorate believes there should be a national referendum on the government’s proposal to scrap the National Prayer Day public holiday. Although Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen warned opposition parties last…

Justice Minister Peter Hummelgaard has been summoned to a parliamentary consultation to answer why prison capacity was reduced in 2022 despite reports of overcrowding. The prison population in Denmark has never been greater…

New National Bank governor……Vestas invests $300m in South Korea…..Danish Crown fires 100 in Germany…. The government has appointed 63-year-old Christian Kettel Thomsen, an economist and former civil servant, to replace Lars Rohde as…

After weeks of deliberation the government has agreed to donate 19 French-made Caesar howitzers to Ukraine. Ukraine made the initial request for the howitzers in October last year and although the Danish military is in…

The donation of 19 Caesar howitzers lifts Denmark’s total contribution to the war-torn country to more than DKK5.6bn ($800m) according to Foreign Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen who said yesterday: “President Zelensky looked our…

By sending weapon systems to Ukraine, Denmark is delaying and escalating the war, the Russian Embassy in Copenhagen said in a statement, Thursday, after it was announced that 19 Caesar howitzers will be…

Reports of Russian military planes approaching Denmark’s airspace are being expoited to heighten tensions between NATO and Russia, the Russian Embassy in Copenhagen said yesterday after it was revealed that Danish F-16 fighter jets…

Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen has promised to ‘look closely’ at the opposition’s alternative proposal to finance extra defence spending without scrapping a public holiday but said the first impression is that there’s one…

Despite President Putin’s assault on Ukraine and efforts to disrupt peace in Europe the biggest threat to western democracy is China, according to former prime minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen. In the latest edition…