Human rights on the agenda Human rights were high on the agenda when Minister of Foreign Affairs Lene Espersen (C) met with her Chinese counterpart Yang Jiechi in Shanghai, Sunday. Ms Espersen refused…

Shops sell alcohol to minors Many shops and supermarkets throughout the country continue to sell alcohol to minors, even though a new survey shows that Denmark holds the world record in youth drinking….

Hippy generation leads to young drunks Nearly half of all parents of 15-year-old children in Copenhagen openly accept their offsprings’ fondness for drinking, even though it’s illegal for minors to buy alcohol and…

Get your act together say leading Liberals The government’s nosedive in the polls and a series of high profile gaffes have created a backlash from leading grass-roots Liberals. Mayor of Herning Lars Krause,…

PM: ‘I’d rather lose the election than do the wrong thing’ After being given a unanimous show of support from the party faithful at the Liberals’ party conference in Odense over the weekend,…

Danes worked as  SS guards during WW2 A new book names 99 Danish nationals who worked as SS guards in Nazi concentration camps during WW2 and were involved in the ‘systematic extermination of…

Stock market crash led to suicides The shame of losing a fortune led to a number of tragic suicides amongst the prosperous inhabitants of the up-market ‘whisky belt’ north of Copenhagen. In a…

  Malmø sniper remanded in custody The 38-year-old Swede arrested on suspicion of shooting immigrants in Malmø has been remanded in custody for a further 14 days. The unidentified man is suspected of…

  EU slaps SAS with massive fine Struggling Scandinavian airline SAS has been hit with a €70 million fine for its part in a pan-European freight cartel. British Airways and Air France-KLM, will…

Energy boss invites world leaders to a one on one Vestas CEO Ditlev Engel has invited the world’s most powerful heads of state to a private meeting. Mr Engel, currently in Seoul ahead…