Speaker of the House Pia Kjærsgaard has denounced four left-wing MPs who allowed two Muslim women wearing the face-covering niqab to enter parliament buildings in January without a security check. The ex-Danish People’s…

Collective wage bargaining negotiations for public sector employees broke down last night, which could lead to industrial conflicts this spring. Disagreement about wages, teachers’ working hours, and the right to a paid lunch…

The property boom, coupled with negative interest rates, has created untold wealth in this country. Bloomberg News reports how rising property values have left the average family with net assets of 1.9 million…

Despite a tough 2017 Danish clean energy giant Vestas has maintained its position as the world’s largest supplier of wind turbines on FTI Intelligence’s preliminary rankings for the world’s top five manufacturers. The…

China could build DK-Sweden tunnel / Pakistan in renewable energy talks / 12 companies approved for medicinal cannabis A Chinese company is preparing to submit a tender to build the proposed ‘HH’ tunnel…

Immigration is a threat to the social cohesion of Denmark, Prime Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen has warned three days ahead of the government’s release of its far-reaching plan to halt the growth of…

Residents of troubled social housing areas could be punished twice as hard if they commit a crime, a key element of the government’s move to crack down on the growth of the parallel…

The Danish People’s Party (DPP) is ready to form an ‘immigration alliance’ alongside the Social Democrats but without the government. Opposition Mette Frederiksen leader has characterised  non-western immigration as the biggest challenge facing…

Prime Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen has dismissed European Commission plans to expand EU spending after Brexit and insisted the EU has to accept budget cuts just like all other EU members. After Friday’s…

Employees of publicly owned utilities have spent taxpayers’ money on expensive restaurants, five-star hotels, and even visits to strip clubs while on business trips abroad. A Politiken check on 45 electricity, water, and…