The Social Democrats at Copenhagen Town Hall intend to make this autumn’s local government election a referendum on legalised cannabis in the capital. After a meeting of candidates over the weekend, the Social…

A new week – and more bad news for the economy and employment. The number of new business start-ups has slumped to an all-time low. Just 4,395 new companies were set up in the…

New National Bank Governor General Lars Rohde says Denmark has to accept some of the responsibility for the economic mess it’s in. In his first major interview since assuming the top job, Mr…

Key witness Peter Loft admitted yesterday that he had passed on sensitive information concerning Helle Thorning-Schmidt’s tax affairs to a former tax minster and also his boss at the time, Troels Lund Poulsen. Mr…

The economy didn’t perform quite as poorly in the final quarter of last year as previously reported. New Statistics Denmark figures show that GDP fell by 0.7 per cent, marginally better than the…

New figures show that DKK 1.578bn was credited to the national cashcard, ‘Dankort’, on the 27th of March, the second highest total ever, translating into an average of DKK281 for every single resident…

Economy Minister Margrethe Vestager has called on trade unions and employers to keep a tight rein on wages in upcoming collective bargaining talks and at the same time urged parliament to pass the…

After surviving a murder attempt in his own home earlier this year, Lars Hedegaard was relocated to a ‘safe house’ by Danish Intelligence (PET) – however, the controversial Islam critic’s new address was…

The Danish Youth Council (DYC), an organisation that helps young immigrants, has lost its annual million-kroner state subsidy after inviting controversial Pakistan professor Muhammed Tahir-ul Qadri to speak at a conference last year….

In an op-ed piece in Berlingske, Liberal MP, and former minister of the interior and minister of welfare, Karen Jespersen, rallies against EU bureaucracy and plans to allow Romania and Bulgaria into the…