Denmark has again been judged the year’s best climate performer. The Climate Change Performance Index to be published at the COP19 summit in Warsaw today will rank Denmark no.1 for the second consecutive…

If Mayor of Copenhagen Frank Jensen is re-elected tomorrow he has promised to create 13,800 new jobs in the capital over the next four years by investing DKK11.5bn  in schools, transport, cycle lanes,…

Just one day of ahead of municipal elections. a new poll shows that voters generally don’t care about local politics. According to a new Epinion poll for DR2 News, 43% of the electorate…

Politics/Economy A new poll showed the government alliance is now running neck and neck with the opposition after a voter shift in the wake of the Lars Løkke Rasmussen travel expenses controversy. For…

Politicians have been accused of a ‘knee-jerk’ reaction to the massive media coverage of a 7-year-old Thai girl who was forcibly deported, Sunday. After all parties, with the exception of the Danish People’s Party…

Denmark consistently breaches the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child, according to Danish child-aid organisations. The Convention states clearly that in all dealings with minors the best interests of the…

The number of people in employment rose by 5,000 in Q3, but 18,000 if teachers and other school employees who were locked out in Q2 are included. 2,000 full-time wage earners were added…

With just six weeks of the year to go economists have accepted that 2013 will be another year of stagnation. The negative growth that descended on Denmark in 2012 will be followed by…

Local authorities have less to spend on basic welfare services than they did when the government came to power in 2011. When in opposition the Social Democrats and Socialist People’s Party (SPP) promised…

Danish consumers are the most optimistic in Europe according to the annual Deloitte Christmas spending survey which provides encouragement for retailers counting down to the December rush. Mie Stryg-Madsen from Deloitte Denmark said…