Denmark continues to lag behind other counties in tourism. On a global scale, international tourism rose by 4.5 per cent five per cent in the first six months of this year, but only…

The Danish embassy in Beijing has had to deal with a boom in visa applications from travel-hungry Chinese tourists over the summer period – a 26% increase compared to last year. Denmark’s ambassador…

A lawyer was shot dead and a man critically injured when a 67-year-old grandfather opened fire in a Copenhagen courtroom, Tuesday. The court was hearing a custody case concerning a three-year-old boy when…

The government’s much-vaunted stimulus package , containing over 100 diverse initiatives aimed at boosting employment, has been dismissed as a waste of time by right-leaning think tank CEPOS. After the Finance Ministry acknowledged in…

The Liberals will re-introduce a cap on social handouts for immigrants if they regain power at the next election. In response to new figures showing that the number of immigrants and their descendants claiming…

Various media and experts have termed ex-Liberal leader Margrethe Vestager’s new job as EU Competition Commissioner a ‘powerful position’ – but it isn’t, according to professor in political science Peter Nedergaard who characterised…

One of Denmark’s top military expert believes the Islamic State (ISIL) can be wiped out ‘within five years’. After 26 countries – including Denmark – agreed at a Paris conference, Monday, to join…

At least ten Kurds with Danish citizenship have fought alongside the peshmergia militia against the Islamic State in northern Iraq, sources close to Politiken claim. One of them, 24-year-old Hama Kareem Jaf, who…

The anti-immigrant Sweden Democrats have attributed their success in Sunday’s election to Denmark’s strict immigration policy. The party doubled its support after a successful election campaign in which it focussed on immigrants, inspired…

Leading political analyst Hans Engell characterised Sweden’s election, Sunday, as a ‘battle with no winners’ but a sign that the immigration debate in Scandinavian can’t be silenced. Although the anti-immigrant Sweden Democrats doubled…