Today marks the 36th day of government negotiations, breaking the previous record from 1975 when it took Social Democrat leader at the time, Anker Jørgensen, 35 days to put together a workable coalition. …

For the first time since the election, Jacob Ellemann-Jensen has admitted that his party is close to forming a government with the Social Democrats – and if they do it would be a…

The Conservatives have quit government negotiations, paving the way for a centrist, tripartite Social Democrat(S)/Liberal(V)/Moderates(M) coalition. After Conservative leader Søren Pape Poulsen said on Friday he’d made a great effort to compromise during…

Suspended ‘spy boss’ Lars Findsen, head of the Military Intelligence Agency (FE) until being arrested last December on suspicion of leaking highly classified information in the espionage scandal, was given a DKK50,000 (nearly $7,000) bonus in…

Influencing future policy is more important for the Moderates than being part of government, party leader Lars Løkke Rasmussen said yesterday following a new round of negotiations with acting prime minister Mette Frederiksen….

The far-right Nye Borgerlige (New Right) have warned they will never again support Jacob Ellemann-Jensen as a candidate for prime minister if he joins a government led by Mette Frederiksen. Party leader Pernille…

Jacob Ellemann-Jensen declined to say last night whether his confidence in caretaker prime minister has been restored as their respective parties move closer towards a possible coalition. The Liberal leader has repeatedly called…

Faroe Islands lawmakers have defended their decision to renew a fishing quota deal with Russia for one year despite Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine. In response to condemnation from both Denmark and the EU,…

Nigeria’s foreign ministry is exploring the possibility of prosecuting Danish special forces involved in the shoot-out with nine suspected Nigerian pirates in the Gulf of Guinea last November, of whom four were killed, four…

Caretaker prime minister Mette Frederiksen took a short break from an intense three weeks of government negotiations, Wednesday, to announce there’s a ‘good chance’ of a grand coalition. At a press briefing just…