International ratings agency Fitch has affirmed Denmark’s AAA credit rating, ‘reliable and stable’ From news agency Reuters (summarised): Denmark has a high value-added and wealthy economy, supported by strong institutions with a track record of…

Politics/Economy The government warned that Denmark is facing an ‘historic integration challenge’ ahead of tripartite labour market negotiations between the government, employer organisations, and trade unions that started, Thursday. Danish People’s Party leader…

Prime Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen is misleading the population when he claims thousands of newly arrived refugees can be integrated into society, Danish People’s Party leader Kristian Thulesen Dahl said last night after…

A leading figure in the Muslim community has appealed for ‘greater awareness of our culture’ after Integration Minister Inger Støjberg intervened to stop child brides living with their adult spouse in asylum centres,…

Søren Espersen was the latest top Danish politician to be grilled about Denmark’s anti-refugee policy on international TV when he appeared on BBC’s current affairs debate forum, ‘Hard Talk’, Thursday. In a 30-minute…

The government has assured the USA of Denmark’s full support in the battle against the Islamic State (ISIS). In a bilateral meeting on the sidelines of NATO’s meeting in Brussels, Thursday, Defence Minister…

Denmark has agreed to contribute a warship to the NATO mission in the Aegean Sea to help Turkey and Greece tackle criminal networks that smuggle refugees into Europe. Denmark had already agreed in…

A Social Democrat proposal that will force shops and supermarkets to conceal cigarettes from public view has been warmly welcomed by the Danish Cancer Society (DCS) as an important factor in discouraging young…

Danish shipping giant Maersk Line has announced plans to start scrapping ships again at the notorious Alang Beach in India, north of Mumbai. Maersk hasn’t used Alang since 2009, claiming that conditions there aren’t…

Justice Minister Søren Pind’s move to reintroduce internet session logging, dismissed by critics as snooping legislation that would allow the state to monitor all online activities by every single internet user, could fall…