The number of Danes living in poverty has doubled over the past decade. New figures from the EU’s statistics office, Eurostat, based on a comparison of disposable income with national median income, show…

Denmark has been offered concessions in the euro fiscal pact treaty. According to the final draft under discussion in Brussels, non-eurozone countries won’t be required to pay a fine to the euro-rescue fund,…

The reluctance, or inability, of banks to lend money is a sign that the whole sector is struggling, according to financial advisor Erik Valentin of financiers Fredensborg. He said: “Banks daren’t lend money…

Politics / Economy The OECD (Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development) urged Denmark to introduce income tax cuts and warned that the ‘the current international slowdown entails new risks for the Danish economy’….

POLITICA/ECONOMIA La OCDE (Organización para la Cooperación y el Desarrollo Económico) urgió a Dinamarca reducir los impuestos y advirtió que “la actual desaceleración internacional implica graves riesgos para la economía danesa”.  Los consumidores…

The Danish People’s Party (DPP) has called for a total stop on all immigration from Muslim countries, in response to new figures showing that only one in five of all immigrants from non-western…

The Danish People’s Party (DPP) will once again ask the Justice Ministry to examine the possibility of banning religious face covering veils in Denmark, such as the burqa or niqab, after the Dutch…

Danish ships are major carriers of arms for the world’s dictators, shady regimes, and rebel groups. A new report by the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI), an independent international institute dedicated to…

A new Gallup poll reflects a major shift in the public’s attitude towards welfare. 26 per cent believe that too many people are claiming social benefits today, compared to just 16 per cent…

The plane carrying Prime Minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt to today’s decisive EU summit in Brussels will be forced to land at a military airport as a general strike paralyses Belgium. President Sarkozy, Chancellor Merkel,…