More than 73,000 Danish companies do not hire young trainees, despite figures showing that the queue for internships is increasing and now includes 9,755 applications. A new report from the Apprentices and Trainees…

As 4.7 million taxpayers in Denmark review their annual tax statements for 2011 this week, new figures show that only a tiny percentage wilfully try to cheat on their tax returns. A Tax…

The Liberals have agreed to foot the bill for the smoking cabin that was installed in party leader Lars Løkke Rasmussen’s office when he was prime minister – DKK110,600, or around DKK3,500 for…

A 35 year-old Copenhagen woman has been fined DKK4,000 for spitting at Danish People’s Party leader Pia Kjærsgaard after a Dolly Parton concert at Forum last year. Ms Kjærsgaard was being interviewed by…

The number of people claiming cash social benefits, the lowest rung of the welfare ladder, rose by 5,500 last year, to 163,800 people. Expenditure increased by 4.2 per cent, with DKK1.8bn ($320m) being…

Just when immigrant women appeared to be getting a better foothold in the Danish labour market, the economic crisis has set them firmly back again. According to weekly newsletter A4, the ratio of…

Experts estimate that 10,000 shops across the country will close by 2020 due to competition from discount stores and e-commerce, among other factors. The credit bureau Experian has calculated that nearly 4,000 Danish…

The Danish ‘Al Capone’ gang-busting method will be high on the agenda when EU Justice Ministers gather today for a meeting in Brussels, led by Denmark’s Morten Bødskov. By integrating data from various…

Police expect up to 2,000 people to join a right-wing anti-Islam demonstration in the immigrant-dominated district of Mølleparken in Århus on the 31st of March, and a counter demonstration in Town Hall Square…

Denmark is fighting a diplomatic and political battle to prevent the UN from becoming entangled in an embarrassing affair surrounding an international prize for life-science research. The UNESCO board accepted a $3 million…