Lowering the limit of anonymous political party contributions from DKK 20,000 to 10,000 is currently proposed in parliament, but watchdog group Transparency International (TI) and European anti-corruption group GRECO say this is not…

Approximately 12,000 refugees are expected to receive residency in Denmark this year, and none of them will be living in Copenhagen. Relative to population size, the outer regions of Denmark take in two to…

The number of asylum seekers arriving in Denmark is now the lowest since May 2012. The latest Immigration Service figures show that 440 asylum seekers came to Denmark in February, compared to 637…

The older generation of Danes are now more likely to end up on national credit agency RKI’s ‘bad debtors’ list, as the number has risen to 411 from just 21 in the last four years, particularly…

Transport companies are now free to choose their own wage agreement when hiring drivers for public jobs, according to a recent Supreme Court ruling. Transport Minister, Magnus Heunicke (S), worries that this will lower…

Foreign Minister Martin Lidegaard has declined to get involved in the Sweden-Saudi crisis but has promised ‘cautious support’ within the EU for Denmark’s neighbour, if necessary. After public criticism of its human rights…

Is Denmark heading for a new housing bubble? Yes, according to National Bank Governor General Lars Rohde, no according to Business & Growth Minister Henrik Sass Larsen, whose disagreement was aired publicly at…

The government lost out on a potential multi-billion kroner windfall when it sold off part of energy giant DONG to US investment bank Goldman Sachs last year, a deal that ignited a political storm…

Opposition leader Lars Løkke Rasmussen’s attack on the government for postponing painful financial decisions until after this year’s election is the first shot of the election campaign, according to two leading political commentators….

New figures from EU statistics agency Eurostat show that Denmark is leading the fight against youth unemployment. Young adults throughout Europe have been particularly hard hit by the financial crisis but in this…