The proposal to scrap the Great Prayer Day public holiday from next year is turning into a major political headache for the government. Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen warned opposition parties yesterday against supporting…

The National Auditors have reprimanded the Defence Ministry for ‘failing to live up to the basic principles of good, state fiscal management.’ The six auditors who form the Public Accounts Committee are appointed…

Denmark is under increasing pressure to offer tanks to Ukraine after Britain announced it will be sending a squadron of 14 Challenger 2 tanks to help counter Russia’s invasion. France and Poland have…

The government has finalised plans to eliminate the Great Prayer Day public holiday, held on the fourth Friday after Easter. In a press release Thursday, the Minister of Finance also announced plans to…

While the government is torn between reinforcing its own military to live up to NATO requirements or using a significant part of the defence budget to supply Ukraine with much-needed weapon systems, NATO’s…

Pernille Vermund is stepping down as head of the New Right party she founded in 2015 after becoming disenchanted with the Conservatives’ ‘soft stance’ on immigration. Despite being described at times as ‘xenophobic’,…

Ukraine has upped the pressure on Denmark to donate 19 French-produced ‘Caesar howitzers’ – long-range artillery systems. Although the Danish military is in desperate need of the new systems, costing around DKK800m, that…

The Social Liberals (Radikale) declined to join the new government coalition in December because they feared they would be ‘crushed’ by their bigger partners, party leader Martin Lidegaard told delegates at the centrist…

While all eyes are focused on the threat of a new corona variant from China a new strain, known as XBB.1.5, that’s spreading fast in the U.S. has now been identified in 29…

Former Danish prime minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen has urged all democratic nations to make China ‘very aware’ there would be severe economic consequences if the country intervenes in Taiwan. On the second day…