NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen has urged alliance members to avoid defence budgets during this difficult economic period. Ahead of a meeting of 28 defence ministers in Brussels, Thursday, the former Danish…

Danish toy giant Lego has posted record operating profits of DKK7.9bn ($1.4bn) for 2012, the fifth year on year increase. Global turnover, DKK23.4bn ($4.2bn), rose by 25% while profits increased by 40%, despite…

Despite the crisis and stagnant economy, the Copenhagen region continues to out-perform the rest of the country. New Statistics Denmark figures show that residents of the capital are nearly twice as prosperous as…

Half a million homeowners, representing around one-in-three of all family dwellings, have over-mortgaged their house or apartment – their debt is greater than 80% of the property’s value, which means if they were…

Police have raided more than 20 cannabis laboratories over the past few days, seizing large amounts of the popular ‘skunk’ weed and diverse growing equipment. 18 people have been arrested, including 15 Vietnamese…

Two employees of sensationalist tabloid daily Ekstra Bladet have been banned from Christiansborg for six months. Parliament’s Presidium ruled that the two, a journalist and a photographer, acted overly aggressive when questioning Conservative…

The government has been cleared of violating the Danish Constitution by binding Denmark to the EU Lisbon treaty in 2008. A group of 34 Danish citizens had sued the state, claiming that a…

Pia Kjærsgaard has become an unwitting player in the Italian election campaign where her image has appeared on campaign posters for the anti-racism, immigrant-friendly, left-wing ‘Rivoluzione Civile’ party. The former Danish People’s Party…

Although the crisis continues to keep a stranglehold on the economy, consumers have become slightly more optimistic. Statistics Denmark’s latest Consumer Confidence index shows a slight rise, from minus 2.7 in January to…

The government has dropped the proposed kilometre duty on heavy goods vehicles. Ahead of the publication of its new growth and competition package for the business sector, the government has revealed that it…