The government has presented its tax reform proposals which, according to Prime Minister Helle Thorning Schmidt, will have a significant effect on all taxpayers’ finances but benefit wage-earners most. At a press conference…

The cross-party negotiations on tax reform will have major significance for both the national economy and the power struggle at Christansborg – or they could end in a damp squib. That’s the verdict…

Despite the prospect of much needed tax relief and increased allowances for investment, the government’s tax reform has been dismissed as insufficient by much of the business sector. In a press release, the…

Three Danish aid projects in Vietnam have been shut down with immediate effect following reports of fraud. All three projects, dealing with climate change, were funded by Danida but Minister for Development Aid…

A highly-placed offical at an international aid organisation based in Copenhagen has been suspended and reported to the police for fraud. The unnamed man, employed by the IWGA – International Work Group for…

Two Danish-Somali nationals, brothers aged 18 and 23 respectively, were taken into custody by Danish Intelligence (PET), Monday, on suspicion of planning a terrorist attack. One was arrested at his Aarhus home while…

The government’s plan to raise the tax threshold so fewer people pay the top, punitive level of income tax has been dismissed by both the opposition and the far-left Red/Green Alliance, the coalition’s…

The government’s tax reform proposals to be published today will lead to widespread redundancies and less tax revenue. That’s the warning from the Financial Services Union (FSU), in response to leaks indicating that…

11 crew members of a Maersk container vessel hijacked by Somali pirates in 2009 are suing the Maersk Line, a subsidiary of A.P. Moller-Maersk, for nearly $50million. According to the British Daily Mail,…

Minister of Foreign Affairs Villy Søvndal condemned the massacre in the Syrian city of Houla, where at least 109 adults and children were slaughtered, Saturday, but said he still believed UN observers could…