A new survey published by Danske Bank looks optimistically ahead to falling unemployment in the coming period. Based on more positive than expected spending figures from both USA and Germany, the bank’s report…

Leading Danish medical researcher,  Poul Thorsen, faces possible trial in the USA after the US Attorney’s Office in Atlanta called for his immediate extradition to face charges of fraud and document falsification. Thorsen…

Politics The government concluded a deal, Friday, that will tighten the eligibility requirements for early retirement and a state-funded pension. The government this week also finally reached its target of finding the DKK47bn…

Negotiations concerning the government’s 2020 plan have broken down temporarily after Christian Democrat Per Ørum Jørgensen, who holds the ‘balance of power’ for a majority, walked out after being called ’embarrassing ‘ and…

The Danish People’s Party (DPP) will reward local authorities with DKK25,000 for every refugee and immigrant they can encourage to return home in accordance with the terms of the government’s repatriation offer. Under…

An increasing number of left-wing activists are being arrested for acts of arson. In connection with the arrest of a group of youths linked to the radical ‘autonomous’ group on the 26th of…

The Social Democrats and Socialist People’s Party (SPP) will recognise Palestine as an official state if they assume power after the upcoming election. The Social Democrats’ foreign policy spokesman, Jeppe Kofod, said his…

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Danish director Lars Von Trier was forced to cancel a gala dinner for 400 invited guests in Cannes last night when the host restaurant objected to pro-Nazi comments he made earlier in the…

A British arms dealer has warned that his former Danish business partner, Niels Holck, will face ‘hell on earth’ if he’s forced to serve time in an Indian prison. During a High Court…