Birthe Rønn Hornbech has rescued the government’s border control plans. The former Integration Minister, who created headlines over the weekend for calling Danish People’s Party (DPP) leader Pia Kjærsgaard ‘un-Danish’, and for demanding…

The Danish labour market has been hard hit by the economic crisis. Although unemployment hasn’t risen by as much as originally feared back in 2009, the labour force has shrunk dramatically. A new…

Christiania has finally decided to accept the state’s offer to buy the the ‘free state’. At a joint meeting last night, residents agreed to pay the asking price of DKK76.2m – or DKK3,500…

Despite falling passenger figures, SAS has signed a deal to buy 30 Airbus A320 NEO planes, with an option for 11 more. Head of finance Göran Jansson said the planes would provide a…

Danish shares suffered another stock-market beating, Monday. Wind energy giant Vestas and costume jewellery phenomenon Pandora were hardest hit, falling by 5.1% and 3.3% respectively. Vestas shares, which have now fallen by 25%…

The Liberals’ Birthe Rønn Hornbech won’t be receiving any written guarantees concerning the validity of Denmark’s border control proposals. The former integration minister has questioned the legality of the new agreement and asked…

Prime Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen could face a summer of discontent unless he’s prepared to exert his authority and clamp down on the internal squabbling between government and Danish People’s Party (DPP) MP’s….

The Social Liberals have urged Prime Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen to step in and put a stop to the growing Danish-German dispute about Nazis and borders. Party leader Margrethe Vestager said the exchange…

Shipping giant A.P. Moeller-Maersk is preparing a USD 1.7bn bond issue, financial daily Børsen writes today. According to shipping news Lloyds List, Maersk met with major banks Barclays Capital, ING, JP Morgan, Mitsibushi…

The Greek crisis will encourage the European Cenral Bank (ECB) to keep a tight reign on interest rates this year, predicts Bankinvest’s senior analyst Frank Velling. Although the ECB has intimated that interest…