Last weekend’s referendum concerning an amendment to the Danish constitution on royal succession resulted in a majority vote for adopting absolute primogeniture, while the European Parliament elections saw success for the last national election winners. Read the full story

Although a majority of Danes appear to be in favour of changing the law of royal succession, a scheduling conflict could distract many citizens from casting their vote in this important referendum. The problem is the referendum is set for 7 June, the same day when European Parliamentary elections take place. Read the full story

In a landmark move, Denmark will put its traditional rules for royal succession to a public referendum on 7 June 2009. The plan to challenge this historic procedure has been in place for more than 3 years, but Denmark’s Prime Minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen has finally announced the date of the public vote.

According to Rasmussen, the reason Read the full story