The Chinese media has showered Denmark with praise in the run-up to President Hu Jintao’s official state visit. The state-owned news agency, Xinhau News, described Denmark as the ‘world’s pioneer in environment issues’…

China’s President Hu Jintao, who arrived in Denmark for an official visit, Thursday, demanded that all the furniture in the 26th floor Scandiavia Suite at the Radisson Blu hotel where he’s staying for…

The Liberal Party has dropped its demand for DKK13bn of tax relief in the government’s tax reform programme. According to reports, liberal leader Lars Løkke Rasmussen is ready to enter into serious negotiations…

The government, backed by the Red/Green Alliance, has passed a new law that will force companies to publish their tax returns on the internet. Minister of Taxation Thor Möger Pedersen said: “Before the…

Amidst the problems surrounding tax reform and the eurozone, a new poll reveals a surprising level of optimism about the economic outlook. A new Rambøll poll for Jyllands-Posten shows that after four years…

Danish Pharmaceutical giant Lundbeck, one of the world’s biggest producers of anti-depressants, has announced a major restructuring of its business organisation that will cost 600 jobs throughout Europe. A spokesman said redundancies in…

The Danish People’s Party has put the government under even more pressure by pulling out of tax reform negotiations. After weeks of discussion, party leader Pia Kjærsgaard said she couldn’t provide the backing…

‘About time’ – that was the reaction from Danish EU Commissioner Connie Hedegaard after negotiators from the Danish EU Presidency, the EU Commission, and the EU Parliament reached tentative agreement on a new…

Amnesty International has urged Prime Minister Hele Thorning-Schmidt to raise the thorny issue of arms trading when she holds talks with China’s President Hu Jintao, Saturday. In a personal letter to the Danish…

Danes aren’t as xenophobic as often claimed and are in fact generally more tolerant than the EU average, according to a new EU Commission report charting European attitudes to asylum seekers, labour migrants,…