Despite being the highest-taxed people in the EU, a new OECD survey shows that Danes are the most satisfied people in the world. In the Your Better Life Index, a comparison of 34…

Two out of three are prepared to work longer hours, as long as they’re financially rewarded and the extra effort improves Denmark’s competitiveness and creates jobs. A new poll also shows that six…

151,000 unemployed people in this country, who rely on the state for an income, would earn no more than DKK2,000 per month if they took a job, according to new figures from the…

Danes are going to have to get used to the stagnant economy. The OECD (Organisation for Economic Co-operation & Development) predicts it will be at least five years before growth improves in this…

The annual Ramadan dinner held at Christiansborg, the home of the Danish parliament, is again the centre of controversy. A Danish People’s Party (DPP) demand for the dinner, held to celebrate the end…

Every employee at IBM Denmark has been told to meet up for work at 9am, Wednesday, when 170 will be told that they’ve been made redundant. The company, which last week published a…

A massive influx of foreign capital could encourage the Danish Central Bank (DCB) to lower interest rates even more. The past week’s turbulence in Greece has made investors look for a safe haven…

High taxes, months of cold weather, and the aloof Danish mentality – three of the main reasons why skilled foreigners are reluctant to live and work in Denmark, according to the findings of…

Minister of Foreign Affairs Villy Søvndal, who as leader of the Socialist People’s Party (SPP) has been a ‘dove’ and an outspoken critic of nuclear weapons, now says he has nothing against nuclear…

(Updated) Prime Minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt echoed the words of NATO chief Anders Fogh Rasmussen (below) last night when she said Denmark ‘won’t be slamming the door behind it’ when combat operations come to…