Danish People’s Party leader Pia Kjærsgaard has dismissed the Conservatives’ call for further tax relief as an act of desperation from a struggling party. The two parties, parliamentary allies for the past ten…

Denmark has a new ambassador in its former colony of Ghana. Rather symbolically, Ambassador Carsten Nilaus presented his credentials to President John Atta Mills in a ceremony held at the former slave fort,…

Inequality continues to grow at a dramatic rate in this country. From being the most equal country in Western Europe ten years ago, new figures from the EU’s statistics agency, Eurostat, reveal the…

So many people are reliant on income from the state that politicians calling for unpopular reforms could experience major problems getting elected. New figures show that over two-thirds of the public – 66.4%…

Social Democrat leader Helle Thorning-Schmidt said last night she was shocked to see her personal tax information splashed on the front page of a national newspaper and urged the tax authorities to launch…

With just a week to go before the election, a new Gallup survey shows that Prime Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen beats his opponent, Helle Thorning-Schmidt, on a number of personal comparisons. A majority…

For the first time during the election campaign, the Conservatives have said they intend to fight for more tax relief if the government remains in power. Although Prime Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen has…

Only four out of ten voters now believe that despatching Danish soldiers to fight in Afghanistan was the right decision. A new Voxmeter poll for news agency Ritzau shows that 49% believe it…

Islam and democracy are totally compatible, according to Muslim organisations in this country who have urged Muslim voters to turn out in force at next week’s election and disregard the extremist Hizb ut-Tahrir’s…

The Ministry of Taxation has asked the police to investigate whether tax officials violated the law concerning professional confidentiality by leaking details of Social Democrat leader Helle Thorning-Schmidt’s income tax returns to the…