The Danish People’s Party (DPP) has rejected the government’s plan to increase income tax to compensate for the shortfall in revenue caused by scrapping the PSO, a duty on electricity paid by all consumers…

The government’s partners, the Liberal Alliance and Conservatives, who have both demanded tax cuts this year, welcomed the Danish People’s Party’s (DPP) blanket rejection of a tax increase to fund the loss in…

The ruling Liberals’ nosedive in the polls continues. Nearly one year after the party went from being the country’s biggest party to number three after the election, the latest Epinion poll for DR…

The Red/Green Alliance is aiming for a ‘pure’ left-wing government after the next election. The far-left party’s finance spokesman and political ‘strategist’, Pelle Dragsted, said if the Red/Greens, Socialist People’s Party (SPP) and…

Legal experts have criticised the government’s move to rush complicated rules regarding family reunification through parliament. Integration Minister Inger Støjberg has proposed that all children over the age of 6, claimed by a…

For the first time ever Denmark will participate in the Rim of the Pacific Exercise (RIMPAC) the world’s largest international maritime warfare exercise. 27 countries, 25,000 people, 5 submarines and 2,000 aircraft are set…

Copenhagen is the cocaine capital of the Nordic region, with the highest concentration of the drug in its waste water. The EU Drug Markets Report 2016, compiled by the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction (EMCDDA)…

Denmark’s economy grew for a second straight quarter and at a faster-than-expected pace in the first three months of the year, defying economists’ pessimism. The latest figures from Statistics Denmark, published Tuesday, show gross domestic…

The seasonally adjusted jobless rate in Denmark came in at 4.3 percent in April as gross unemployment climbed to 114,600 from 113,700 in March. The slight rise in unemployment – 900 more people joined the…

As the Danish royal family continues to expand, lawmakers are preparing to cut off the traditional allowance to some members further down the hierarchy. Queen Margrethe, 76, has two sons and eight grandchildren,…