10 per cent fewer business filed for bankruptcy in June compared to the same period last year, while the figures for the past six months are the lowest since 2008 – another indication…

Housing market optimism / Currency reserves down Housing: The public has renewed optimism in the housing market. A new survey, coming just as new figures show a 7 per cent increase in home…

  The English version of the Annual Report of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs 2012 is now available on the Ministry’s website (see link below). The report can be used as a source of…

A new poll shows that the Liberals have dipped under the 30 per cent mark for the first time since October 2011, shortly after the election. Although the setback for Denmark’s biggest party…

A majority of the electorate believes the welfare state in Denmark has deteriorated and is going to get worse. A new YouGov survey shows voters are deeply dissatisfied with the level of public…

The government’s reforms have definitely increased financial inequality in this country. Ahead of the publication of the ‘Distribution and Incentive Report’ today, Minister for the Economy Margrethe Vestager acknowledged that the reforms of…

Two former Danish Foreign Ministers have characterised the USA’s alleged surveillance of EU offices as a ‘breach of faith’ between allies. The Social Democrats’ Mogens Lykketoft asked whether bugging is necessary between democratic…

The Danish Purchasing Managers Index (PMI), generally a reliable indicator of the economic health of the manufacturing sector, rose to 56.9 in June compared to 56 the previous month, the latest report by…

Danish economists hope that the appointment of a new Governor of the Bank of England could provide a boost for the Danish economy. Senior Danske Bank economist Jens Nærvig Pedersen predicted that the…

The crisis in the eurozone has encouraged foreign investors to look towards Denmark. Over the past year external investment in Danish mortgage bonds has risen from 14 to 19.1 per cent, new National…