Wind turbine maker Vestas upwardly adjusted its profit projection for the year after posting strong quarterly earnings, Wednesday. As it continues to emerge from a crisis in which it shed thousands of jobs,…

Despite mounting pressure from the left to find a solution for the thousands of unemployed who’ve been forced out of the unemployment insurance scheme, Prime Minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt signalled a showdown with the…

The Prime Minister has warned Lars Løkke Rasmussen that if he’s expecting an early election this autumn he’s going to be very disappointed. In his Constitution Day speech in June, the opposition leader…

Although the government hasn’t yet decided whether Denmark should join the EU Banking Union, the ruling Social Democrats have begun to tout the benefits of ‘joining the club’. At the party’s annual summer get…

The business sector is performing well and the government’s policies have had a positive effect but it’s time to focus on economic growth in depressed regions outside Denmark’s bigger cities – that was…

The Danish People’s Party has proposed a ban on Islamic headscarves in state schools and all public institutions but has no problems with the Jewish calotte or other religious symbols. After ex-party leader…

Immigrants’ unwillingness to recognise and appreciate Danish values is the biggest barrier to integration, a new survey shows. 50.3% of the electorate say the failure to embrace Danish norms and customs is a…

Another person died from the listeria outbreak yesterday, bringing the death toll to thirteen. Twenty-four people have now been infected by contaminated sausage meat from the Jørn A. Rullepølser company, which has been closed…

Big Q2 profits for Maersk, Jyske Bank Maersk beats analysts’ forecast Shipping and oil giant A.P. Moeller-Maersk (APM) reported a Q2 profit of nearly DKK12bn ($2.25 bn) compared to last year’s DKK4.5bn ($785…

A Danish Defence Minister employee participated in a training course organised by the controversial private American security firm Blackwater, currently facing charges of the unlawful killing of 14 Iraqi civilians in 2007. After…