The economic downturn has been extended as a result of the previous government’s North Sea 2003 agreement, economists claim. New Tax Ministry figures reveal that the Danish state has lost out on a…

Nearly half of the electorate believe there’s nothing wrong in Danish Intelligence (PET) monitoring their internet activities. In a new YouGov survey for free daily Metroxpress, 44 per cent say state surveillance of…

Danish-owned farms abroad are ‘bringing home the bacon’. Danish farmers who have bought up hundreds of farms abroad over the past few years are now reaping the reward. The twelve-largest Danish-owned pig breeders…

A majority of the unemployed claim they would have no problem doing community work for their monthly handouts – as long as it doesn’t include cleaning up dog dirt. A new survey by…

The crisis is over and the long-awaited economic upturn is just around the corner – that’s the view of a large majority of the electorate in a new Greens poll. Two out of…

The government believes it can find DKK12bn by streamlining the public sector over the next seven years. Announcing the new reform, Thursday, Minister for the Economy Margrethe Vestager said she was confident that…

It’s still undecided whether Denmark will be making any further contribution to the military mission in Mali. Parliament was expected to rule yesterday as to whether to send planes and officers as part…

The government is determined to fight a EU ban on menthol cigarettes. EU health ministers will vote today on a new tobacco directive that forbids additives such as menthol in cigarettes, but Denmark,…

Shopkeepers finally have something to smile about. Retail sales rose by 0.3% in May, fuelled by a 3.6% increase in clothing, after falling by 0.5 and 0.7% the previous months. Sales of ‘other consumer…

The rise in retail sales in May is mirrored by an increase in consumer confidence. Consumers’ expectations for the economy have increased significantly, from minus 2.6 in May to plus 3.4 in June,…