Ryanair has been given the go-ahead by Copenhagen District Court to initiate legal proceedings against Copenhagen Airport employees who blocked the discount airline’s maiden departure last month. Ryanair’s lawyers argued that the airline, which…

Denmark’s foreign trade surplus decreased in February, as imports rose and exports fell, figures from Statistics Denmark showed Thursday. The seasonally adjusted trade surplus shrank to DKK 6.8 bn in February from DKK…

Cooperation is the key when discussing human rights with countries such as Saudi Arabia and China, not shouting and threats. That’s the view of Foreign Minister Martin Lidegaard in a lengthy interview with…

The Danish People’s Party’s public spat with the Liberals on economic policy could seriously damage the opposition’s chance of victory at this year’s election, news radio 24/7’s political editor Jesper Termansen said yesterday after…

For the first time since the end of the Cold War, and in a throwback to the 1930’s, there is growing political and military concern, both in and outside Denmark, that Danish defence…

The newly-formed National Party has received 5,000 ‘voter declarations’ since 19-year-old Muslim poet Yahya Hassan announced his candidacy for MP, Tuesday, which means the party now has more than the 20,000 signatures needed…

Justice Minister Mette Frederiksen said yesterday that other countries are welcome to use information contained in the Danish Immigration Service’s heavily-criticised fact-finding report on Eritrea and she has no intention of withdrawing it. After it was revealed that the…

Just as Denmark’s economy emerges from its last property bust, the country’s banking watchdog says it’s on alert to prevent another bubble from forming. The Financial Supervisory Authority (Finanstilsynet) is ready to raise…

EU Competition Commissioner, and former Social Liberal leader, Margrethe Vestager has  launched a full-scale investigation into a proposal by Norwegian telecoms company Telenor and Swedish peer TeliaSonera to combine their Danish mobile businesses,…

Dankort transactions up / Denmark rises on global commerce index Dankort: Retail purchases with the Danish national debit card, Dankort, rose 8.2 percent in March from a year earlier to DKK 29.6bn, card…