Politics / Economy After two months of negotiations, a broad, cross-party majority finally reached agreement on social benefits and student grants (SU) reform. Employment Minister Mette Frederiksen said the government is no longer…

POLITICA/ECONOMIA Después de dos semanas de amplias e intensas negociaciones el gobierno logró llegar a un acuerdo con la mayoría de los partidos políticos respecto a la reformas al esquema de beneficios sociales…

Prime Minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt is going to have make a miraculous political comeback to win the next election, Berlingske analyst Thomas Larsen warns after yet another disastrous poll for the government. The latest…

Denmark will end up as an economic ‘loser nation’ if the Liberals and Danish People’s Party win a majority at the next election. Speaking at his party’s annual conference over the weekend, Liberal…

The Liberals will try to push through even more reforms  if they regain power at the next election. Although Prime Minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt was ridiculed last year for claiming that Denmark had gone…

Despite the high level of unemployment in Denmark, thousands of East European job seekers continue to arrive here and find work. New figures from the Economic Council of the Labour Movement (AE) show…

Whilst public expenditure on unemployment benefits has exploded over the past few years, the Danish state has been active in helping foreigners to come to this country and take low-paid jobs in agriculture…

A front page article in Sunday’s New York Times highlights the ‘once sacred’ Danish welfare system that’s that’s now slowly being reformed. After a recent trip to Denmark, journalist Suzanne Daley writes how…

The government and opposition have reached agreement on the first phase of the growth.dk scheme. Punitive duties on beer and soft drinks are to be reduced to discourage Danes from travelling to Germany…

The official unemployment figures don’t reveal the full extent of the economic crisis. 170,000 people are registered as unemployed but, according to a new report by the Economic Council of the Labour Movement…