There are now 2.795.818 wage earners in this country, the highest ever. The latest Statistics Denmark figures show 2,900 more people found work in October – 28,372 more people are now in paid…

Transparency International Denmark has laid out a five-point plan to prevent growing public sector fraud in this country. Following a number of fraud cases recently, including embezzlement of funds from the social authorities, the military invoices scandal,…

Although the German authorities have strongly criticised Denmark’s 68km wild boar fence along the southern border the federal state of Brandenburg has begun putting up a similar fence along its border with Poland in…

Ahead of the Christmas break the government imposed a cap on high-cost, short-term ‘payday’ loans from unregulated lenders charging customers up to 800% in interest. A wide, cross-party majority imposed a cap of…

Police arrested two Brazilian nationals in possession of a ‘large amount’ of cocaine at Copenhagen Airport on Christmas Day. A 43-year-old woman and 28-year-old man were remanded in custody for 26 days. The…

Partially state-owned clean energy company Ørsted, alongside six partners, received a DKK 34.6m ($5.1m) grant ahead of Christmas for a renewable hydrogen project from the Danish Energy Agency’s Energy Technology Development and Demonstration…

U.S. Ambassador to Denmark Carla Sands has refused to offer any assurances that the USA won’t spy on Denmark in the future. Although the Ambassador has issued strong warnings about the threat of…

Following the Faroe Islands dispute, Greenland has picked Sweden’s Ericsson over China’s Huawei to supply equipment for its fifth-generation (5G) telecoms network “5G is coming to Greenland, but no date has been set…

Minister of Health Magnus Heunicke has declined to comment on the extent of alleged financial fraud at the National Serum Institute (SSI), the latest public sector scandal to rock Denmark. After CEO Mads…

The Liberals’ former deputy leader Kristian Jensen has relented and accepted a spokesperson position. The ex-foreign and business minister, once seen as the ‘crown prince’ of the party, stepped down earlier this year…