Denmark is to finance the construction of two new prisons that can house up to 1,000 pirates. The Ministry of Justice has given the go-ahead for the two prisons in the Somali republics…

A leading Liberal Alliance candidate for MP at the next election has been accused of misogyny. In a blog last year, Ole Birk Nielsen accused women of being ‘fundamentally devoid of ethics or…

Three Danish children who have been forced to live in Libya for the past two and a half years after being abducted by their father are on their way back to Denmark. A…

Lego is now the world’s fourth biggest toy manufacturer. With an earnings increase of 70%, to DKK16.6bn, the Billund-based toy giant posted record accounts for the third year running after capturing 5.9% of…

More German TV and Radio – that’s the message from the Council of Europe which has urged Denmark to make a greater effort to promote the German language in this country. The council…

The pirates holding a Danish family and two other Danes hostage in Somalia are believed to be the same group that murdered four Americans in February. According to the Norwegian newspaper VG, Qodaar…

A new ruling from the EU’s Court of Justice could blow holes in Denmark’s strict immigration legislation by overruling restrictions placed on Turkish immigrants and their families over the past 31 years. In…

The jobless figures remain high. 167,900 people were unemployed in January, or 6.1% of the labour force, virtually unchanged since November and December. A spokesperson for DE, The Danish Chamber of Commerce, said…

Shakespeare’s Hamlet, a world-renowned global icon of Denmark, could well have been Irish according to new research by a Scandinavian expert who has traced the name back to Gaelic mythology. See: http://www.guardian.co.uk/culture/2011/mar/03/great-dane-irish-hamlet

The family of five and two crew members taken hostage by Somali pirates are reportedly in good condition after arriving in Somalia. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs confirmed that relatives have been in…