The Copenhagen inner-city district of Vesterbro is the most crime-ridden area in the country. According to free daily Urban, new 2010 crime statistics show a neighbourhood ‘riddled with drugs, violence, robberies and break…

Minister of Foreign Affairs Lene Espersen (C) is ready to send Danish troops to Africa to fight the growth of terror. In an interview with Politiken, Ms Espersen lays out a blueprint for…

Knife ban was a panic reaction Henriette Kjær, the Conservatives’ spokeswoman on party policy, says she disagrees with certain parts of the government’s anti-terror legislation and that she ‘definitely isn’t proud’ of the…

Be a man and stand up to the Chinese. The Danish People’s Party (DPP) have challenged Prime Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen to snub his nose at the Chinese by inviting the Dalia Lama…

Consumer index up, but…. The Consumer Confidence index rose by more than expected in November, to 3.6 from 0.6 the previous month, but economists remain cautious. Handelsbanken senior economist Jes Asmussen welcomed the…

Tryg boss no.22 The British Financial Times (FT) has named the world’s 50 most influential businesswomen – and for the second year running a Dane is on the list. Stine Bosse, head of…

More and more look for charity as families struggle A new Red Cross survey reveals that more and more families are experiencing hard times and are forced to seek help from charities to…

Russia / NATO agreement Standing side by side with Russian President Dmitrij Medvedev at the Lisbon summit, Saturday, NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen said that Russia’s tentative offer to work together with…

Danish icon returns from Shanghai The world renowned symbol of Denmark, The Little Mermaid, is back in Denmark after an eight-month sojourn in China. In an official ceremony to mark the famous symbol’s…

No politics this time The Dalai Lama is to visit Denmark again, in April next year. The exiled spiritual leader has been invited by the Tibet Charity humanitarian organisation and seven other Danish…