Voter turnout was surprisingly low in last week’s election. 84.6% of eligible voters cast ballots, the lowest since 2005, even though the election was held on a national holiday – the previous low was in 1995…

Danske Bank’s legal problems continue to mount up.  A group of 30 investors from the US, Great Britain and Germany are preparing a class-action lawsuit to recover the estimated €100m they claim they…

‘Royal negotiator’ Mette Frederiksen emerged from a long day of talks with her left-wing allies, Tuesday, bemoaning the lack of progress in putting together a new government. After three days of discussing welfare…

A leading election expert has defended parties who lobbied for the ‘Muslim vote’ at last week’s election. Berlingske has reported how the Fredens Mosque in Aarhus urged Muslims to vote for either the…

The change of government has given renewed hope to Thai girl ‘Mint’ and other children who’ve been deported from Denmark. 13-year-old Mint, who moved to Denmark to be re-united with her mother in…

Anti-Islamist Rasmus Paludan intends to keep holding Koran-burning demonstrations throughout the country despite new figures showing the police have spent DKK100m ($15m) so far this year protecting him. The Stram Kurs (Hard Line)…

The number of social benefits claimants is at a 10-year low – 125,900 during the year’s first quarter according to a new report Statistics Denmark, a drop of 13,300 people over the past…

Speaker of the House Pia Kjærsgaard has announced she is stepping down following the defeat of the centre-right alliance last week but will continue as an MP for the Danish People’s Party (DPP),…

US IT giant Apple has dropped plans to build a new DKK6bn ($921m) data centre in Aabenraa, south-west Denmark, and will now concentrate solely on a similar project the company is constructing in Viborg,…

Inflation down / Watchdog warns investment groups / Hanoi looks for Danish expertise… Inflation fell to 0.7% in May, year on year, down from 1.0% in April. According ot Nordea Markets: “Measured year…