The government’s log-awaited ‘anti-ghetto’ plan to be presented at 10.30 today is the first step towards implementing the prime minister’s aim to wipe out ghettos and the parallel society by 2030, as laid out…

As part of its anti -ghetto plan the government has given local authorities a DKK1bn incentive to get non-western immigrants into a job or some form of training. Academic achievement will also be…

Reducing social handouts definitely encourages people to look for work, Employment Minister Troels Lund Poulsen (V) said yesterday following a new study showing 600 welfare recipients have found full-time employment since the Lib/Con/LA…

If the trade union movement issues a formal strike warning, as threatened yesterday, Local Government Denmark will respond with a nationwide lockout that will leave parents with no-one to look after their kids…

Denmark is joint 3rd on the latest ‘powerful passport’ index that ranks nations based on the number of countries their citizens can travel to without a visa The Singaporean and Japanese passports are the most powerful in…

The NordStream 2 gas pipeline that, if built, would run between Russia and Germany through Danish territorial waters is neither a political project nor an alternative to the Ukrainian route, Russia’s President Putin…

The Danish economy is gaining speed and heading for the strongest growth since 2006, despite financial market uncertainty and private sector warnings of a lack of manpower. Berlingske Business’s ‘Econimeter’, based on 11…

The Danish economy bounced back in the fourth quarter (Q4) of 2017 after contracting in Q2 and Q3. The latest Statistics Denmark show Gross Domestic Product (GDP) advanced 1% in Q4, reversing a 0.8…

Carlsberg drops England sponsorship / Berlingske slashes 93 jobs Carlsberg will end its 22-year sponsorship of the England football team following this summer’s World Cup in Russia. The Danish brewing giant said it…