Local elections underway
Polling stations are now open throughout Denmark for local elections. Turnout for municipal and regional elections typically hovers around 70 percent but is expected to drop this year due to changing population patterns,…
MoreForeign Minister in secret chat group
Foreign Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen is part of a secret group on messaging app Signal set up by EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas. In response to a freedom of information request by…
MoreNew populist party heading for parliament
A new poll shows the right-wing populist Citizens’ Party (Nye Borgerlige) would win 3.1 per cent of the vote and six seats if an election were held right now, the same as coalition…
MoreFar-left candidate posed with rifle in support of terrorist organisation
A candidate for the far-left Red/Greens in next week’s municipal election has responded angrily to allegations that he sympathises with terrorists after a photograph emerged of him holding a replica rifle while wearing…
MoreDPP leader sues rival for defamation
Danish People’s Party (DPP) leader Morten Messerschmidt has launched a lawsuit against Social Liberal leader Martin Lidegaard for defamation of character. In a video posted on X, Tuesday, Mr Messerschmidt accused the former…
MoreMEPs unite against EU push for minimum wage
Danish MEPS from both left and right will stand together today when the European Court of Justice (CJEU) rules on a controversial minimum wage directive today. The ruling, designed to ensure ‘fair minimum…
MoreUK turns to Denmark for immigration crackdown blueprint
Britain’s Labour government is taking inspiration from Denmark’s hardline immigration laws as it prepares to tighten its own asylum rules — a move critics say is ‘a dangerous path.’ Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood…
MoreNovo strikes deal with Trump to slash drug prices
Novo Nordisk has reached an agreement with the Trump administration to cut prices on its diabetes and obesity drugs while pledging to invest $10bn (DKK 65bn) in the United States, according to Reuters….
MoreSocial Liberal leader denounces DPP’s racist policies
Social Liberal (Radikale) leader Martin Lidegaard has urged parties on the right to publicly distance themselves from the Danish People’s Party’s (DPP) call for widescale ‘remigration’ which, he claimed, could potentially lead to…
MoreSoc Dems facing exclusion from new City Hall administration
For the first time in over a century there could be a left-wing majority at Copenhagen City Hall without the Social Democrats. With just 14 days to the municipal election a new Megafon…
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