Although Danes buy massive amounts of beer, wine, spirits, sweets, and other ‘high duty’ items at border supermarkets in Germany, Tax Minister Thor Möger Pedersen appears reluctant to discover just how much potential…

From the 27th of August, all women born between 1985 and 1992 will be able to get a free HPV vaccination, also known as the cervical cancer jab, from their family doctor. The…

“After thirty-years of negotiations we now have an agreement on the European patent” – Prime Minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt’s proud words to journalists in Brussels, Friday, as she announced the Danish Presidency had reached…

Minister for Europe Nicolai Wammer has no intention of becoming a ‘forgotten man’ in the cabinet after the end of the Danish EU Presidency. After six months of moving in exalted circles within…

Controversial new ‘Big Brother’ legislation that allows tax and customs officials to enter private property and check up on workers, came into effect on July 1st. In a crackdown on illegal ‘black’ work  (no…

Former Zambian ambassador to the USA, Attan Shansonga, currently detained in a Copenhagen jail, is resisting extradition from Denmark to Zambia on the grounds that he’s a British citizen. Mr Shansonga, who allegedly…

New Statistics Denmark labour projections suggest that the Swinoujscie-Copenhagen ferry is going to become increasingly busy over the next eight years as an extra 28,000 workers from Eastern Europe head for Denmark. Labour…

The bankruptcy rate continues to rise but a slower tempo. The number of businesses forced to throw in the towel rose by 7 per cent during May and June, although the total amount…

The Copenhagen University Post reports that disgraced neuroscientist Milena Penkowa, accused of embezzlement, forgery, scientific fraud, and misappropriation of research grants, has been found guilty of a ‘serious breach of good scientific conduct’…

The Socialist People’s Party’s nosedive in the polls is mirrored by rapidly falling membership figures. Over 2,000 members have quit since last year and the coalition’s controversial tax reform deal with the opposition…