President of the UN General Assembly Mogens Lykketoft has been embarrassed by a private speech he gave earlier this month in which he described Prime Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen as a ‘little crook’ (swindler)….

Denmark is only the 10th best country in the world, a new survey shows. Although Denmark is regularly ranked ‘happiest nation’ or ‘best place to live’ in global surveys, its southern neighbor, Germany,…

Foreign Minister Kristian Jensen has blamed Danish MEPs in Brussels for tarnishing Denmark’s reputation abroad by openly criticising the government’s refugee and asylum policy. Mr Jensen, who alongside Integration Minister Inger Støjberg will…

Denmark’s damaged reputation abroad isn’t the fault of Danish MEPs in Brussels, it’s because the government has failed to fully explain its refugee policy, the Social Democrats said yesterday after Foreign Minister Kristian…

A leading branding expert has warned that the negative tone of the refugee debate could have serious repercussions for Denmark. According to senior lecturer Mads Mordhorst of Copenhagen Business School (CBS) Denmark is…

The Danish People’s Party (DPP) has again inflamed the asylum debate by proposing that all refugees arriving in Denmark should be sent back to Germany. The party’s integration spokesman, Martin Henriksen, told DR…

Despite widespread condemnation of Denmark’s controversial anti-refugee bill, Germany’s southern states are also confiscating refugees’ valuables in order to pay for their stay. Bavarian Interior Minister Joachim Herrmann told Bild newspaper: “Cash holdings…

Six company directors with links to terrorist groups are suspected of defrauding the Danish Tax Authority (SKAT) out of DKK11m, after a number of businesses owned by them went bankrupt leaving behind debts…

Denmark’s retail sales decreased for the first time in seven months in December, figures from Statistics Denmark showed Friday. Retail sales fell a seasonally adjusted 0.8 percent month-over-month in December, after showing no…

Politics/Economy The government’s controversial immigration bill sailed through parliament on its second reading with little resistance, Thursday, and there is now nothing to stop it being passed on Tuesday the 26th.  A parliamentary…