The government has granted Denmark’s five regional authorities an extra DKK1.5bn ($210m) in funding next year but it’s still DKK500m less than needed to maintain an efficient health sector, according to local officials….

Five people, including a murderer, who were  convicted on flawed telecom evidence have demanded a re-trial. In July Justice Minister Nick Hækkerup launched an independent inquiry into the telecom data scandal after the…

Copenhagen is the world’s ninth most livable city in the world according to the latest Global Liveability Index, researched by the Economist Intelligence Unit. For the second year running Vienna leads the way,…

Lego suffered a 12% drop in earnings in the first half despite a 4% increase in revenue. The global toy giant reported first-half revenue of DKK14.8bn ($2.2bn), while net profit dropped to DKK2.7bn…

Jakob Ellemann-Jensen, the favourite to replace Lars Løkke Rasmussen as Liberal leader, has promised to stop the speculation by announcing today whether he’s a candidate, but according to commentators it’s already a ‘done…

Opposition parties have accused the government of a breach of promise after the centre-left majority agreed yesterday to to appropriate DKK250m in emergency child funding for cash-strapped families on welfare. The extra money…

The government has expressed hopes for a cross party agreement on a new climate bill but is already assured of a majority with its ‘red bloc’ allies. Following the June election the Social…

Former foreign minister Anders Samuelsen has a new role as consultant to one of Denmark’s wealthiest and most successful businessmen – Saxo Bank founder Lars Seier Christensen who earlier this year offered his…

40 warships from 16 different nations are gathering in Copenhagen harbour for the annual Northern Coasts naval exercise that gets underway on Friday. The NATO-run operation, with 4,500 naval operatives, will take place…

Danish fighter aircraft, alongside their Belgian and Czech counterparts, have this week started patrolling the skies over the three Baltic countries as part of NATO’s air policing mission. The Belgian and Danish air…