Politics/Economy: In Constitution Day speeches, Liberal (Venstre) leader, and defence minister, Troels Lund Poulsen, focused on Ukraine and Denmark’s contribution to the fight against Russia, while Green Left leader Pia Olsen Dyhr called…

Politics/Economy: Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen ridiculed the centre-right for failing to name a potential candidate for her job – during parliament’s concluding debate before the summer recess, the PM said the opposition doesn’t…

Politics/Economy: The economy shrank by 1.8% in the year’s first quarter (Q1), the biggest quarterly economic decline since the global pandemic – Gross Domestic Product (GDP) dropped 1.8% from the previous three months…

Politics/Economy: Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen warned there’s a ‘major risk’ that Russia will attempt to influence the EU election campaign over the next few weeks and both the media and voters need to…

Politics/Economy: 4 out of 10 voters have deserted the government coalition parties since the 2022 election – the latest Megafon poll for TV2 showed only 30.7% of the electorate would vote for either…

Politics/Economy: The government announced plans to spend DKK5bn ($715m) ahead of 2030 on green transition of the agriculture sector and other environmental initiatives, funded in part by a higher tax on fuel. Stine…

Politics/Economy: The Tax Agency (SKAT) refused to provide information about why it employs 23 AI systems to monitor taxpayers – according to Politiken, SKAT and Udbetaling Danmark, which administrates social welfare payouts, employ…

Politics/Economy: Chief of Defence Flemming Lentfer was fired after a leaked report revealed major problems with the warship Iver Huitfeldts defence capability when it came under attack in the Red Sea last month…

Politics/Economy: The government’s majority is balancing on a knife edge after Liberal MP Mads Fuglede ‘defected’ to Denmark’s Democrats – the three coalition partners now only have 86 seats against the opposition’s 87….

Politics/Economy: The government presented a plan to increase defence spending by more than DKK 40bn ($6 b) over the next four years – in a more surprising move, the Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen…