Denmark’s balance of payments surplus continues to sky rocket – DKK11.8bn in May, an increase of DKK1.5bn on the same month last year, new Statistics Denmark figures show. Senior Nordea analsyst Jan Størup…

Economy Minister Margrethe Vestager has sealed off a Danish tax loophole by broadening Denmark’s double-taxation treaty with Luxembourg. Under the new terms, all senior and private pensions paid out to Danes who’ve relocated…

One of Denmark’s biggest local banks, Vestjysk, has been accused of market manipulation and insider trading by the fraud squad. According to the public prosecutor, Vestjysk and another bank, Sparekassen Himmerland, made a…

Red/Green whip Per Clausen has accused the Liberals of playing the ‘Muslim card’ in an attempt to put integration and immigration back on the political agenda. After former cabinet minister Inger Støjberg urged…

Inger Støjberg’s public attack on Muslims who refuse to integrate could be the starting signal of a new, divisive immigration debate in this country, according to Berlingske political analyst Thomas Larsen who said…

Kurdish TV channel ROJ TV, fined DKK5m in the High Court last week after being found guilty of promoting terrorism, is fighting for the right to keep transmitting from Copenhagen. The network’s defence…

Denmark was last week briefly named in an elite group of just 5 EU countries invited by US Attorney General Eric Hodder to form a working party with the task of following up…

A new TNS Gallup survey reveals that eight out of ten voters would like to see more transparency regarding where parties’ political funding comes from. Campaign legislation requires all parties to reveal the…

An amendment to EU legislation has led to a dramatic increase in the number of East European parents who receive child benefits in this country, even though their children don’t live in Denmark….

Vestas targets new markets / Good start for stock market / Service sector optimism Vestas: Wind turbine giant Vestas is targeting new markets to sustain growth. The global wind-energy market is currently dominated…