Denmark and Finland plan to upgrade the status of their respective Palestinian representative offices in Copenhagen and Helsinki to that of an embassy, ‘sometime in 2013’ the Danish Foreign Ministry said Saturday. Minister…

Danish forces in Afghanistan are in violation of international conventions by detaining a prisoner for five months without trial, according to Amnesty International. Amnesty’s legal consultant, Claus Juul, said that according to article…

Delegates at this weekend’s Socialist People’s Party (SPP) convention signalled further division within the government coalition by voting against the party supporting the controversial public information bill as it stands. Party leader Annette…

Health Minister Astrid Krag doubts whether doctors will heed the Danish Medical Association’s (DMA) call to pull out of their working agreement contract with the public sector. After the DMA urged general practioners…

Foreign doctors have been treating patients in Denmark without Danish authorisation, according to documents obtained by DR News. Erik Bach, chairman of the Patient Association, calls the situation “a huge problem. And it…

A 17 year old boy was killed, Sunday, in what appears to be a gang-related slaying in the Tingberg district, north of Copenhagen. The youth was shot twice in the head by unknown…

Shares in SAS rose by 4.96 per cent, closing at DKK 12.7 on the Copenhagen Stock Exchange after the struggling Danish airline announced the sale of its Norwegian subsidary Widerøe to an investor…

A large percentage of Danish consumers decided to change electricity providers in the first four months of 2013. The website elpristavlen.dk, which allows consumers to compare different suppliers’ prices and products, has received…

Prime Minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt entered into a ‘strategic partnership’ with Afghan President Hamid Karzai yesterday during his official visit to Denmark. The Danish government recently announced that combat troops would be withdrawn from…

Although the outlook for the Danish economy ahead of 2020 and its prospects for economic growth are still poor, the bankruptcy trend may be changing. According to new figures from data and analysis…