New foreign minister Anders Samuelsen is seen as the least trusted member of the new government by voters. In a new Wilke poll for Jyllands-Posten Mr Samuelsen, who’s made a U-turn on a…

Danish People’s Party leader Kristian Thulesen Dahl, the powerbroker in parliament, has already challenged many of the key issues in the new government’s political platform, a sign of tough times ahead for the…

New labour minister Troels Lund Poulsen has called on local authorities to review the medical records of all women from ethnic minorities who are claiming sickness benefits, after a similar check-up in Odense, Denmark’s…

Denmark has the highest cost of living in Europe. The latest Eurostat figures show Danish households spend 29.3% of their total disposable income on overheads such as rent, water, electricity, and heating –…

Danske, Denmark’s biggest bank,  has laid off 77 employees and another 244 have accepted voluntary redundancy as part of an effort to cut costs against a backdrop of low interest rates. In October,…

Carlsberg re-brand in UK / Maersk looks to buy German competitor / Record year for Vesas in US Carlsberg: Carlsberg is relaunching itself in the UK where its sales have plummeted over the…

Denmark now has a ‘bigger and better’ government, formed by the political will of three partners in response to a ‘tricky situation’, Prime Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen said yesterday after presenting his new…

As reported, Monday, Prime Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen has named his new team of ministers. The new cabinet has been expanded to 22 ministers, including 13 from the Liberals (V), six from the…

As well as backing down on his tax ultimatum, Liberal Alliance (LA) leader Anders Samuelsen has adopted a more pro-EU view since joining the new government coalition. Since LA was founded in 2007…

Liberal Alliance leader Anders Samuelsen is Denmark’s sixth foreign minister since 2010, which is ‘problematic’ according to senior researcher Hans Mouritzen of the Danish Institute for International Studies (DIIS). He said traditionally the…