The FBI, through the US Embassy in Copenhagen, demanded that Denmark and its Scandinavian neighbours arrest and extradite whistleblower Edward Snowden if he flew to any of those countries and claimed asylum, newly released official…

The government’s new legislation aimed at discouraging refugees and migrants from travelling to Denmark comes into effect today. Cuts in social benefits will mean single adults are only elegible for the equivalent of…

The chaotic refugee scenes seen throughout Europe don’t appear to be having any effect on Denmark. Just as the government’s new anti-refugee rules come into effect today, new figures reveal a significant drop…

A foreign fighter who experienced combat in Syria has had his residency permit rescinded. It’s the first time ever that the Danish immigration authorities have utilized a recent amendment to immigration legislation to…

The government intends to scale back Denmark’s climate ambitions. Confidential documents obtained by left-wing daily Information reveal that Prime Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen’s call for ‘green reality’ will lead to drastic cuts in…

The number of Eritreans granted protection in the UK has dropped sharply, mainly due to a discredited Danish report, according to the British Guardian. In response to a dramatic increase in the number of…

One in two of all cases of Salmonella infection recorded in Denmark in 2014 came from overseas travel, a study by DTU, the National Food Institute shows. Trips to Thailand (17.5 percent), Turkey (15.4…

The Danish economy stagnated for four years under the previous prime minister, Helle Thorning-Schmidt, new Statistics Denmark figures show. Although actual GDP rose by 1.9 per cent from autumn 2011, when the Social…

The economy expanded for the eight successive quarter in Q2, the latest figures from Statistics Denmark showed Monday, but the pace of growth was the slowest in four quarters. Gross domestic product (GDP)…

The unemployment rate dropped in July to its lowest level in more than six years, figures from Statistics Denmark showed Monday. The seasonally adjusted jobless rate fell marginally to 4.6 percent in July…