Islam critic Lars Hedegaard has dropped plans to stand for parliament in the upcoming election. Mr Hedegaard, who narrowly escaped a murder attempt on the doorstep of his own home two years ago,…

The government has set up an emergency DKK2bn fund to help the struggling agricultural sector. Business Minister Henrik Sass Larsen hammered out a deal with the agricultural and financial sectors, Monday, to increase…

A significant majority of the country’s leading economists don’t believe in the home improvement tax allowance, a key issue for opposition leader Lars Løkke Rasmussen. The popular tax allowance for homeowners who install…

Negotiations are going on behind the scenes to secure the release of the Maersk Tigris, which was seized by Iranian forces in the Persian Gulf one week ago. After Iran’s embassy in Copenhagen…

A pro-Palestinian group has vowed to expand an advertising campaign urging people to boycott products from Israeli settlements after the ads were dropped from Copenhagen buses. “It’s a clear attempt to deny us…

Danish lawyer gets four years for pyramid scam / Novo invests DKK1.5bn in Denmark Lawyer: 69-year-old Danish attorney Eli Heckscher has had his six-year sentence for his part in a $28 million Ponzi scam…

Movia, the state-run Copenhagen bus authority, has become embroiled in a controversy after pulling a city-wide ad campaign opposing Israeli settlements. The No Thanks to Settlement Products campaign, funded by the anti-Israel Danish-Palestinian…

The Danish People’s Party will continue to support Liberal leader Lars Løkke Rasmussen’s bid to become prime minister at the upcoming election because ‘there’s no other option’, according to ex-DPP leader Pia Kjærsgaard….

A third of all young male immigrants fail the 9th grade school leaving examination, a new report by the Economic Council of the Labour Movement (ECLM) shows. Senior analyst Mie Dalskov Pihl said it’s…

A Nørrebro church was vandalised ahead of a visit by former Chief Rabbi Bent Melchior, Sunday. Unknown perpetrators smashed windows and sprayed the Anna Church with slogans such as ‘Liberate Gaza’ and ‘Close…