Widespread cuts in social benefits and a complete overhaul of the complicated tax collection system – the two main elements of the Conservatives’ ‘vision paper’ published today to mark their 100th anniversary. The…

Refugees are being targetted by Jehovah’s Witnesses. The heads of asylum centres have expressed concern about the evangelical organisation’s recruitment campaign among the migrant community. According to Jyllands-Posten, workers at the refugee reception camp…

Denmark’s consumer confidence fell again in February, the latest figures from Statistics Denmark showed Friday. The consumer confidence index, which indicates people’s views on the current and future economic situation, fell to 4.0…

Politics/Economy Opposition leader Mette Frederiksen accused the Prime Minister of focusing  too much on refugees at the expense of all other issues. The Danish People’s Party (DPP) called for a stop on all…

Nearly 44,000 Danish passports were either stolen or lost last year, raising fears that many could fall into the hand of terrorists and criminals. The Danish People’s Party’s (DPP) justice spokesman Peter Kofod…

The EU can’t handle another year of refugee chaos, Prime Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen warned last night. After the first day of the EU summit in Brussels he said EU countries need to…

Opposition leader Mette Frederiksen has accused the Prime Minister of concentrating too much on refugees at the expense of all other issues. In an interview with Politiken she said it’s ‘short-sighted’ policy to…

The Confederation of Danish Industry (DI) fears a British EU exit will damage Danish exports to Great Britain. DI Assistant Director Anders Ladefoged warned yesterday that if Great Britain leaves the union it…

Although the refugee situation on Lesbos appears to be under control the Danish Refugee Council (Dansk Flygtningehjælp) has expressed concern about the Greek island’s status as a “refugee hotspot”. The island was officially…

The Social Democrats have welcomed the move to prosecute controversial alternative taxi service Uber. Six separate legal actions against the company are underway, but according to the biggest opposition party’s transport spokesman, Rasmus…