The Week That Was, July 6th –12th 2026:
Politics/Economy: Danish People’s Party (DPP) leader Morten Messerschmidt said he hasn’t ruled out running for prime minister in the future ‘if the circumstances are right’ but, more surprisingly, would be ready to support…
MoreThe Week That Was, June 29th – July 5th 2026:
Politics/Economy: The economy grew by a modest 1.9% in the year’s first quarter (Q1) mainly due to the strong pharmaceutical sector – a new study by the Rockwool Foundation found that a halving…
MoreThe Week That Was, June 22nd – 26th 2026:
Politics/Economy: Police investigations across five districts failed to find any direct evidence that illegal drones were in Danish airspace during last year’s wave of drone sightings, contradicting the Defence Ministry’s conclusions earlier in…
MoreThe Week That Was, June 8th – 14th 2026:
Politics/Economy: Lars Løkke Rasmussen blamed Danish People’s Party (DPP) leader Morten Messerschmidt for preventing the formation of a centre-right government – the Moderates leader said his party had entered government talks hoping to…
MoreThe Week That Was, June 1st – 7th 2026:
Politics/Economy: Following a record 69 days of negotiations acting Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen announced a new, left-leaning, coalition consisting of the Social Democrats, Social Liberals (Radikale), Green Left (Socialists/SF), and the Moderates with…
MoreSupreme Court rejects bid to strip family of Danish citizenship
A Somali father and his five children have been allowed to keep their Danish citizenship after the Supreme Court rejected a prosecution attempt to strip them of nationality over alleged fraud in the…
MoreThe Week That Was, May 26th – 31st 2026:
Politics/Economy: Acting Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen was given a second chance to put together a centre-left government after Liberal leader Troels Lund Poulsen’s attempt to form a right-leaning coalition was blocked by ‘kingmaker’…
MoreThe Week That Was, May 11th – 17th 2026:
Politics/Economy: ‘Royal negotiator’ Troels Lund Poulsen announced he would continue negotiations to put together a new coalition with seven parties after dropping three left-wing parties from the process – he urged party leaders…
MoreThe Week That Was, May 4th – 10th 2026:
Politics/Economy: Following lengthy negotiations with royal negotiator Mette Frederiksen surrounding a potential centre-left coalition ‘Kingmaker’ Lars Løkke Rasmussen turned to the right at the end of the week. A new poll showed one…
MoreThe Week That Was, April 27th – May 3rd 2026:
Politics/Economy: Liberal (Ventre) leader Troels Lund Poulsen characterised the ongoing government negotiations as a ‘red bloc get-together’ and questioned why his party has been excluded – parties on the right accused Moderates leader…
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