Jakob Scharf has quit as head of PET (Danish Intelligence) after admitting that he asked agents to secretly check ex-Danish People’s Party leader Pia Kjærsgaard’s schedule to make sure she was otherwise engaged…

It’s still unclear as to whether the government is prepared to hold a referendum on the EU patent court. During parliamentary question time, Tuesday, opposition leader Lars Løkke Rasmussen asked why Prime Minister…

The government’s 2014 budget agreed with the opposition last week contains provisions for tax relief next year, but taxpayers will first feel the benefit in 2015 when their allowance is automatically adjusted. Opposition…

Danish schoolkids continue to lag behind many of their international counterparts. The latest PISA survey, a global comparison of 15-year-olds’ arithmetic capabilities in 65 developed countries, shows that Denmark has regressed by 1.8%…

Two out of three interpreters who felt their lives were at risk after they assisted Danish troops in Afghanistan have had their applications for asylum in this country rejected. A new defence report…

The labour market imbalance could halt any prospect of an economic upswing and create long-term problems in the form of bottlenecks and higher unemployment. That’s the warning from leading economists after a new…

New ’snooping legislation’ that provides public access to multinationals’ tax payments in this country has paid off. The state’s income from limited companies increased from DKK40bn to DKK49bn in 2012, a 23% rise,…

Maersk Oil is hoping that its experience on land in remote countries will help it tap into Iraq’s future oil wealth. After years of regional wars Iraq is facing the prospect of massive…

Denmark again leads the way in Transparency International’s latest study of corruption worldwide. Alongside New Zealand, Denmark is seen as the least corrupt country in the world with no bribery and an open…

The division between the government and its guarantor of a parliamentary majority, the Red/Greens, continues to grow in the wake of last week’s budget breakdown. Minister for Business & Growth Henrik Sass Larsen,…