The EU has imposed trade sanctions against the Faroe Islands because of their continued refusal to enter into an international agreement on the division of the North Atlantic herring stock, placing Denmark in…

Afghan children whose asylum claims have failed may be deported immediately in the future. The Justice Ministry is currently in joint EU negotiations with the Afghan government to set up a reception centre…

Denmark is no.8 on the OECD’s ’Health Data 2013’ list of health expenditure with an average spend of DKK25,241 per citizen. However, despite the top-10 ranking, the life expectancy rate in this country…

Economists fear the fast-rising price of apartments could lead to a new housing market bubble. The average price of an owner-occupied apartment rise by 2.5 per cent in May, leading to a 12.4…

All higher education teachers should be forced to take mandatory language training, according to the Danish Student Council (DSF) which claims that international students in Denmark are often taught by teachers with a…

Ex-culture minister Uffe Elbæk has urged the government to provide shelter for US whistleblower Edward Snowdon. Mr Elbæk, who was forced to resign from the cabinet last year after suffering charges of nepotism,…

Denmark’s 91 local jobcentres are basically dysfunctional according to the Social Liberals who claim that the mountain of paperwork facing the jobless strangles any initiative they may have. The party’s labour market spokesman,…

In an effort to raise much-needed cash, SAS has agreed a sale and leaseback deal for six Boeing 737-600’s, bringing the struggling airline around DKK360m. Chief Financial Officer Göran Jansson called it an…

The British HSBC Bank predicts that Vestas’ will outstrip competitors as the wind energy market recovers due to its ‘geographically diversified global position’. From Bloomberg News: http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-07-31/vestas-gains-as-hsbc-sees-market-recovery-copenhagen-mover.html Vestas Wind Systems A/S (VWS) rose more…