Denmark is ranked second on the British Legatum Institute’s Prosperity Index, after Norway but ahead of Sweden at no.3. Denmark comes out tops in ‘Entrepreneurship & Opportunity’ and no.2 in ‘Social Capital’ but…

Copenhagen Stock Exchange’s trend-setting C20 index of blue-chip shares closed on a record-high for the fifth day out of the last six, Tuesday. As ever, Novo Nordisk shares led the way, closing 1.2…

The Danish economy’s extremely poor health is underlined by new Economy Ministry figures showing that 2.1 million people in this country – over 40 per cent of the population – are claiming some…

Leading Social Democrats are questioning the government’s tight economic policy and especially the imposition of a cap on local authorities’ public infrastructure spending. According to Politiken, a number of the party’s spokespersons are…

At her weekly press-conference, Tuesday, Prime Minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt brushed off growing internal criticism from her own Social Democrat party members. After anonymous sources claimed last week that she could be replaced as…

Christians continue to be oppressed and persecuted in over half of the countries characterised as top priorities for development aid by the Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs, a new report by ‘Open Doors’,…

A number of Iraqi Kurds have wrongly been denied asylum in this country and placed in detention because the police ignored information from the Iraq Embassy that it wouldn’t issue travel documents to…

Around 600 people took part in a torchlight procession in the Copenhagen suburb of Høje Gladsaxe last night in a peaceful demonstration against gun and gang violence in the capital, where there were…

Tightening the legislation for alcohol advertising won’t reduce young people’s enthusiasm to drink, experts claim. Denmark leads the way in youth drinking, prompting Business & Growth minister Annette Vilhelmsen to renew the call…

The crime rate in Denmark fell markedly in 2012. New National Police statistics show an across the board 6% decrease in theft, break-ins, assault, violence, and vandalism last year. Chief of Police Henrik…