Despite increased tensions with Russia, Denmark has poured billions of kroner into state-run energy giant Gazprom over the past five years. Denmark’s gas imports from Russia have increased six-fold since 2013, a period…

French-Algerian businessman Rachid Nekkaz has warned he is coming to Denmark next month to reimburse any Muslim woman who’s received a fine for wearing a full-face veil. After the first woman was fined by…

A regional Liberal lawmaker has sparked off a controversy by suggesting that kids who aren’t overweight when they celebrate their confirmation (age 13-14) should be rewarded with a DKK22,000 (€2,900), tax-free bonus by…

The Socialist People’s Party (SPP) has called for an extra tax on cigarettes to improve the work environment for trades that have a high incidence of accidents and early death. The party’s employment…

The government has agreed to adopt the OECD’s directive regarding whether expenditure on refugees can be considered development aid. In future, expenditure on schooling, health, integration, and Danish language training will continue to…

A top Danish diplomat has been handed a key role in modernising the UN. Secretary General António Guterres has consistently stated his aim to reform the 73 year-old organisation and has now appointed…

Danske Bank’s legal problems continue to grow. The State Prosecutor’s Office for Serious Economic and International Crime (Søik), popularly known as the fraud squad, yesterday launched an investigation into Denmark’s biggest bank for alleged…

Danish youths are reportedly attending military-style training camps in France this month run by the anti-immigrant Génération Identitaire (GI), a right-wing group that opposes multiculturalism, mass immigration and the ‘Islamisation of Europe’. Berlingske…

A Muslim woman has become the first person to fall foul of the ‘burka ban’ that came into effect last week. Police were called to a shopping centre in Horsholm, north-east of Copenhagen,…

The Danish People’s Party has questioned why the police aren’t doing more to capture a suspected terrorist who escaped from a Copenhagen prison last week. According to reports the wanted man is the…