64% of respondents in a new Megafon survey are opposed to user fees being imposed on public sector services such as hospitals, libraries or further education. At the same time, 72% say Denmark…

Minister of Taxation Troels Lund Poulsen (V) has returned an expensive Rolex watch he received from Qatar’s Sheik Tamin Bin Hamad al-Thani last year, thereby sidestepping the threat of investigation by Parliament’s ombudsman….

An Århus court heard that the ‘mad axeman’ who broke into Mohammed illustrator ‘Kurt Westergaard’s house possessed detailed knowledge of militant Islamist groups and their place in Somalia’s society structure. A Danish Intelligence…

The Socialist People’s Party’s Ole Sohn has again been forced to deny that the opposition has a secret plan to raise property taxes if it gains power at the next election. He dismissed…

The Danish People’s Party has flatly rejected the possibility of easing strict asylum policy. Minister of Integration Birthe Rønn Hornbech has invited all parties to resume negotiations about rejected asylum families after it…

The number of unemployed who take a vacation abroad while claiming welfare benefits has risen by 1000% over the past two years. Minister of Employment Inger Støjebrg said she was ‘shocked’ at the…

The slight increase in support enjoyed by the Liberals after the Prime Minister’s New Year speech has disappeared. A new Megafon poll gives the ruling party just 21.2%, compared to 24.3% in the…

Danish merchant ships should be allowed to carry armed guards to ward off attacks from pirates. That was the message from the Danish Shipowners Association, Thursday, after a meeting to discuss the increasing…

A Copenhagen Town Council majority voted last night to examine the possibility of firing the Danish-British security company G4S after confirmation of the company’s involvement in Israeli settlements deemed unlawful by the UN….

IKEA paid DKK47m tax in Denmark last year, the company’s year-end accounts show. The global furniture giant has been forced to come out and defend its international tax policy after it was revealed…