Another day, another broken promise – the government’s campaign pledge of cheaper bus and train tickets from the New Year has been postponed indefinitely. Transport Minister Henrik Dam Kristensen said the  aim is…

The government is ready to clamp down on groups and movements that are a threat to democracy, whether they’re from the radical left-wing, right wing fanatics, or Islamic extremists. Social and Integration Minister…

Amnesty International has sent a sharp message to Denmark: Stop handing over prisoners to Afghan prisons until you recieve assurances that they aren’t heading for torture. The warning comes after a UN report charting the…

Faced with a frozen property market and no prospect of any economic upswing on the horizon, Danes are extremely reluctant to borrow money just now. The Danish National Bank’s lending survey for Q3…

Analysts forecast more bankruptcies in the banking sector over the next few months as the financial supervisory authorities target weak institutions and force them to write down loans to the property sector, to…

US news magazine Newsweek reports that Denmark’s newly-elected S/SL/SPP coalition has bucked the European right-wing trend by becoming the continent’s most left-wing government – at least on paper. Prime Minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt is…

Both the Conservatives and Danish People’s Party (DPP) have warned the government to keep its hands off the Danish Constitution. In response to reports that the republican Social Liberals want to bring the…

The Scandinavian Tobacco Company (STC) has employed a highly-disputed method to manipulate the nicotine content of its cigarettes – however, not in its famous ‘Prince’ brand that’s at the centre of a landmark…

Danish Novo Nordisk is being sued in the USA for having manipulated prices. It’s claimed that Novo, as part of a cartel of 12 pharmaceutical companies, provided false price data to avoid having…

The Danish business sector is heading for a disastrous end to 2011. According to new figures from credit ratings agency Soliditet, 44% of all companies were in the ‘red’ at the end of…