Owners of the shipping line Shipcraft, which has come under fire for failing to help six of its employees held captive by Somali pirates for nearly six months, have drained millions of kroner…

Despite Denmark’s reputation as a liberated country a large majority don’t want to see naked sunbathing. Although there’s no law in this country that prevents sun-lovers from parading around in nothing more than…

The UN High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) is keeping a close eye on Minister of Integration Søren Pind after he claimed he was in a ‘dilemma’ concerning the case of a stateless resident…

The Danish People’s Party (DPP) has urged the EU to take the lead in trying to free the Danish family held in captivity by Somali pirates. Although the traditionally anti-EU DPP has on…

The global crisis has weakened industry’s confidence in the economy. Business expectations for the industrial sector fell significantly between May and June, from 12 to 4, while at the same time the estimation…

Danish industrial tool company Unimerco has been sold to Japan in a DKK1.44bn deal. CEO Kenneth Iversen said the decision to sell was taken because the company doesn’t have the resources required to…

Minister of the Environment Lykke Friis officially opened Denmark’s first power station for electric cars, Tuesday. The robot-controlled battery-change facility is seen as an integral part of the el-car manufacturer Better Place’s ambitious…

The appeal by a Danish national against a life sentence gets underway in Bahrain today. The new trial of activist Abdulhadi al-Khawaja has been brought forward from the 6th of July, much to…

The Social Democrats and Socialist People’s Party (SPP) will penalise private pension holders if they gain power at this year’s election. A socialist coalition would impose a 0.25% share trading tax as part…

The Danish Shipowners Association has expressed serious doubts as to how hard the Shipcraft shipping line is trying to win the release of six of its crew members held hostage by Somali pirates…