One in five employees in the private sector still fear they could suffer unemployment in the near future despite signs of an upswing. A new survey by Analyse Denmark shows that better economic…

The European Court of Human Rights has ruled in favour of Denmark’s 2010 decision to deport a Palestinian national to Syria where he was later arrested and tortured. The defendant, known only as…

One in two voters believes housing prices will rise over the next few years. Nykredit’s latest Housing Price Index, a monthly survey that gauges the sentiment of households across the country and a…

250,000 people worldwide have signed a petition urging Danish toy giant LEGO to cease its promotional partnership with Shell. The petition is part of Greenpeace’s ‘Save the Arctic’ campaign, in which the environmental…

A.P. Moller-Maersk CEO Niels Smedegaard has admitted that the company’s investment in oil exploration in Brazil has been a waste of time and money, after the shipping and oil conglomerate said its oil…

Danish company Maabjerg Energy Concept has been given a €39m grant from the EU to expand its anaerobic digestion facility to turn straw into bioethanol. The company applied for funding to build a…

Israel’s embassy in Copenhagen has accused Denmark and 16 other EU nations of placing obstacles in the way of a peace agreement by warning companies not to deal with Israeli companies based on…

Welfare recipients over 30 will be forced to take a job or upgrade their skills if it’s up to the Liberal Alliance. After a Jyllands-Posten survey of national jobcentres showed that more and…

The Danish People’s Party (DPP) has accused the Danish Medical Association (DMA) of ‘unwarranted political intervention’ by urging its members not to assist the authorities when asylum seekers are being forcibly deported. After…

Two newly-elected Danish MEP’s will play a prominent role in the new EU Parliament. The Liberals’ Ulla Tørnæs has been made vice-chair of the Employment and Social Affairs (EMPL) committee, while the Social…