The ‘Whisky Belt’ north of Copenhagen holds the record for employing illegal East European construction workers. A trade union review of 655 instances of unlawful East European firms working in this country shows…

Politics/Economy A new leak from US whistleblower Edward Snowden revealed Denmark is one of 19 countries that has ‘Focused Cooperation’ with the US intelligence agency NSA. Prime Minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt said the constant…

The constant threat of terrorism has made collaboration with US intelligence agencies a necessity, Prime Minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt said yesterday after a meeting of parliament’s Foreign Policy Committee. Whilst declining to comment on…

There’s no reason for Helle Thorning-Schmidt not to criticise the USA in the Angela Merkel wire-tap scandal, according to leading political commentator Hans Engell who claims to be ‘stunned’ by the prime minister’s…

65 per cent of voters mistrust Prime Minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt’s claim that the USA hasn’t conducted illegal surveillance in this country, a new Megafon survey for Politiken shows. They believe Denmark’s relationship with…

According to Finance Minister Bjarne Corydon it’s still far from certain that the government is ready to sign off on the 2014 Budget with the Red/Green Alliance. Although the far-left party has now…

The latest key economic indicators suggest that the prospects for an upswing remain unstable, maintaining the pressure on the government to come up with new stimulus initiatives next year. Jyllands-Posten’s so-called ‘Econo-Meter’, consisting…

The finances of the much-criticised Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI), are out of control, tabloid daily Ekstra Bladet claims today. A review of the GGGI’s accounts conducted by four member countries, including Denmark,…

The Russian authorities have pressed hooliganism charges against the Danish Greenpeace activist detained last month during a protest at a Gazprom oil rig in Arctic waters. Anne Mie Roer is still charged with…

Danske Bank to close down in Ireland / Hundreds of jobs to be axed in this country after poor Q3 figures / Carlsberg nears Chinese buy-out Danske Bank Denmark’s biggest banking group, Danske…