On Forbes magazine’s annual list of the 1,000 wealthiest people in the world, three Danes made the cut. Kjeld Kirk Kristiansen, owner and former CEO of toy giant LEGO, ranked highest at number…

A brand-new, empty, useless building in the middle of a field – that’s the likely result now that the Ministry of Transportation has decided to withdraw funding for the Danish Road and Bridge…

Danish industrial companies are performing relatively well despite the EU debt crisis. New Statistics Denmark figures show industrial production rose by 1.8 per cent in January, compared to the previous month, the third…

The average salary for directors of Denmark’s leading C20-listed companies rose by 3.5% in 2011, thanks to hefty wage hikes in the banking sector. However, if banks are removed from the final tally,…

The tax authorities have warned motorists against taking private trips in cars registered as business-only vehicles, after a landmark High Court ruling cost a company director DKK700,000. Cars with ‘yellow’ licence plates are…

Is it the Liberal Party or former prime minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen that have reimbursed the state with DKK154,000 for the rental of a smoking cabin? If it’s the Liberals they could have…

After having raged against parents who choose private instead of state-run schools for their children, Minister of Employment Mette Frederiksen has again compromised her own principles. Six years ago, Ms Frederiksen said the…

Denmark is to contribute a further DKK6m (just over $1m) to victims of the crackdown in Syria – DKK5m to the Red Cross and DKK1m to Danmission for emergency aid. In a press…

A Dane imprisoned in Romania has appealed to the Danish Foreign Ministry for help. Kent Christensen, an international businessman who was jailed for seven years, claims that that ‘life is hell’ in the…

Bahrain nationals residing in Denmark have urged the Danish government to appeal directly to Kong Khalifa to pardon the Danish citizen who’s been sentenced to life imprisonment in the Gulf state for allegedly…