Danes may have gained a reputation as the world’s happiest people but ‘lifestyle illnesses’ caused by excessive smoking and drinking have sent Denmark tumbling down the life expectancy rankings. The latest OECD health…

Just one day after Copenhagen was named Europe’s best and most business-friendly medium-sized city in Europe by the British Financial Times, a new report ranks its Nordic neighbour, Oslo, ‘Scandinavia’s capital’ Copenhagen and…

The government is in disagreement with its support parties about proposed ‘trainee wages’ for refugees to ease them into the labour market. Trainee wages are under consideration during current tripartite labour market negotiations…

Justice Minister Søren Pind acted within the law when he refused to release the full transcript of a, possibly unlawful, police command that ordered a crackdown on Tibet demonstrators during Chinese President Hu…

Copenhagen narcotics police have welcomed the EU Commission’s move to abolish the €500 note, the preferred currency of Christiania drug dealers. EU finance ministers have called for an investigation into the €500 note,…

A photo of a Danish charity worker offering food and water to a small, emaciated boy in Nigeria has gone viral. The 2-year-old boy, who has been named Hope, had been cast out…

The Liberal Alliance (LA) has warned Prime Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen he’s living on ‘borrowed time’ and unless the government is prepared to push through much-needed reforms before the end of the year…

The controversial jewellery law passed by parliament two weeks ago has provoked negative headlines for Denmark throughout the world but hasn’t raised any money for the Danish state. The law gives the police…

The police haven’t yet employed the jewellery law to seize any refugee’s valuables but they have confiscated at least 55 mobile phones from unaccompanied minors to help establish their true identity. Although asylum…

The Danish People’s Party (DPP) has called for a stop on all asylum applications from Syrians or refugees from countries or regions with strong Islamist tendencies. The party’s integration spokesman, Martin Henriksen, said…