Prime Minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt has dismissed accusations that she’s exaggerated the expected impact of the government’s proposals to tighten immigration legislation. Coalition partners, the Social Liberals, have distanced themselves from the proposals by stating…

Copenhagen has been named the most gay-friendly place on the planet by global travel guide Lonely Planet. From Lonely Planet: Denmark may be the home of Lego and at the forefront of New…

Denmark has received a record number of applications for oil and gas permits in its latest North Sea licensing round. The Danish Energy Agency said it had received 25 applications from 15 companies by…

Women play an equal role in the political arena throughout the Nordic region, but when it comes to business the playing field isn’t that level. Of nearly 100 publicly traded Nordic companies – a list…

Coalition partners, the Social Liberals, have again distanced themselves from the government’s immigration policy by stating that most Syrian refugees won’t be affected by the proposals to limit the number of asylum seekers…

Over the past 22 months Denmark has accepted more Syrian refugees than 15 other EU countries combined, new figures from Eurostat, the EU’s statistics agency, show. Senior researcher Ninna Nyberg Sørensen of The…

Denmark should continue to provide shelter for the asylum seekers that arrive here but there are limits as to what a little country can do, says the Social Democrats’ integration spokesperson, Mette Reisman,…

Many married immigrant couples are heading for a life on welfare when they arrive in Denmark. New labour ministry figures show that of the 6,000 couples who were living off social benefits in…

A Danish protest in the Lars Hedegaard affair will have little effect on Turkey, a Middle East expert predicts. Denmark has despatched a delegation of high-ranking civil servants to Ankara to investigate reports…

The Turkish authorities have finally confirmed that the 26-year-old Danish citizen suspected of attempting to assassinate Islam critic Lars Hedegaard has been released from prison. Justice Minister Mette Frederiksen said last night that…