The government is facing defeat over its proposed legislation that would give the Danish Working Environment Authority (Arbejdstilsynet) free access to millions of people’s private wage and tax details, in a move aimed at…

There’s no comparison between the Muslim headscarf and the Jewish calotte, or kippah (skull cap) according to former Danish People’s Party (DPP) leader Pia Kjærsgaard – one is a political symbol and the…

The jihadist Islamic State (IS) has ambitions to hit the West with a terror attack bigger than 9/11 as it strives to become the true successor to al-Qaeda – that’s the warning from…

Copenhagen police claim they acted correctly by refusing to allow controversial Muslim poet Yahya Hassan to attend the official opening ceremony of Copenhagen’s first Great Mosque. The young Danish Palestinian poet, who achieved nationwide…

Drug money earned by pushers in Christiania has been spent on infrastructure projects within the ‘free state’ such as a new playground for kids and a ‘green’ trash disposal scheme. Although full-time residents…

Both Copenhagen and Aarhus universities have moved up the 2014 global Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU), published by Shanghai Jiao Tong University, focussing on quality of faculty and research. The University of Copenhagen…

The European Union lifted its year-long import ban on herring and mackerel from the Faroe Islands on Monday, ending a dispute over alleged over-fishing in the northern Atlantic. From Reuters:  The decision to…

Danish pharma giant Novo Nordisk has agreed to pay a DKK500,000 ($89,854) fine imposed by the public prosecutor for failing to disclose inside information as soon as possible, news agency Reuters reported, Monday….

The Social Democrats need a miracle to win the election, leading political analyst Hans Engell said after a new poll indicating a comfortable victory for the opposition. He said the prospect of an…

Although the polls indicate the government is heading for a heavy defeat at the next election, there’s a ray of hope for beleaguered prime minister Helle Thorning Schmidt – for the first time…