150,000 people in this country are officially unemployed, but if it wasn’t for a relatively healthy economy, sustained by an historically low interest rate, another 45,000 would be without work today. That’s the…

‘Short Fridays’ are costing the economy around DKK7.5bn. A new ‘travel habits’ survey shows that commuters in their own cars leave work around 35 minutes earlier on Friday, and those using public transport…

Highly-skilled immigrants could find it easier to gain a residency permit in Denmark if the government is successful with its three-point plan to abolish the contentious points system, drop the ‘active citizenship’ test,…

The long-awaited tripartite labour market negotiations between unions, employers, and the government finally got underway at 1pm, Thursday, at the Ministry of State. After weeks of discussing the agenda, union boss Poul Erik…

Entrepreneurial spirit, a high level of education, and people who are willing to take a financial risk – all elements that make Copenhagen the third-richest city in the world in terms of human…

The economic crisis in Europe is worse than believed, according to Denmark’s biggest bank, Danske Bank, which has now amended its prognosis for the European Central Bank (ECB). The Danske Bank now expects…

EU leaders took the first tentative steps towards a new European growth pact to stimulate struggling economies at the Brussels summit last night, despite deep division between Germany and France. Prime Minister Helle…

The World Economic Forum (WEF) has, for the second year in a row, placed Denmark at no.3 on its Enabling Trade Report , a trade index that shows how easy (or hard) it…

Business Minister Ole Sohn is preparing to amend legislation so pension funds will be forced to inform savers if their money is being invested in corrupt African regimes that disregard human rights. Under…

The Danish government is determined to be represented at this summer’s European Football Championship in Ukraine. Dismissing opposition calls for a political boycott, a response to the Ukraine authorities’ alleged mistreatment of former…