IF ALL goes to plan, Schleswig-Holstein will make political history this month. Its new government will include an ethnic-minority party, for the first time in a German state. The party, the South ...

The former Duchy of Schleswig is currently divided between Germany and Denmark. Photo: Wikimedia Commons A leading politician for the Danish People's Party has been sharply criticised by his own party ...

Could St Peter's Cathedral in Schleswig, where King Frederick I of Denmark is entombed, return to Danish hands? Photo: WikiTour/Wikimedia Commons The populist Danish People’s Party has thrown the ...

Get the latest entertainment news with our free Culture newsletter It is the bane of countless history students and has even left dignitaries such as Lord Palmerstone scratching his head. But for all ...

Little Denmark has next to no army or navy. Yet in the last 13 years it has won more territory proportionately to its size than any other world nation. Last fortnight the Permanent Court of ...

A leader of Denmark's far-right party has managed to revive a border dispute that dates back to the 19th century. The Danish minority in Germany has slammed the idea and Denmark's government distanced ...

Up from resplendent London after the Coronation, an airplane was to take off late this week and, soaring eastward over the North Sea off the low coast of Europe, skirt that continent up to the jigsaw ...

Get the latest entertainment news with our free Culture newsletter There were only three people who ever understood the Schleswig-Holstein Question, Lord Palmerston famously claimed – “the prince ...

During a special ceremony, dignitaries from Germany and Denmark said the countries' common border has withstood many historical tests. German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier and Danish Queen ...

Denmark's King Frederik X and Queen Mary bid farewell to the spectators in front of Flensborghus after a meeting with representatives of the Danish minority in Flensburghus. Frank Molter/dpa The ...