A married couple charged with selling cannabis to terminally-ill patients are facing up to 10 years in prison. Claus ‘Moffe’ Nielsen, who has openly admitted to providing cannabis to long-term sufferers, pleaded guilty…

Shipping giant Maersk lobbied the government to offer public support for its decision to scrap ships at the controversial Alang shipbreaking yard in India, which the company hadn’t used since 2009 after claiming…

The government is looking for foreign investment in Denmark’s North Sea oil fields to boost revenue after DONG Energy and Maersk Oil put their petroleum assets up for sale. Finance Minister Claus Hjort…

Industrial production down / National Bank warns of new housing bubble / Brexit boosts housing market Production: Denmark’s industrial production declined in August after an increase in the previous month, figures from Statistics…

Politics/Economy Parliament’s traditional opening debate, Thursday, lasted nearly 14 hours – in his concluding remarks, Prime Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen noted that despite widespread agreement on the challenges facing Denmark, parties are divided…

The government has given up hope that Denmark can continue as a full member of the pan-EU police agency, Europol, according to Politiken. Foreign Minister Kristian Jensen has acknowledged the EU won’t sanction…

In an interview with Danish TV2, President Bashar al-Assad said he doesn’t see Denmark as an enemy of Syria but there’s a big difference between the views of the Danish people and the…

Parliament’s traditional opening debate finished at eight minutes past midnight this morning after a marathon 12 hours of discussion but very little movement. In his concluding remarks, Prime Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen noted…

Four right-leaning MPs from the centre-right were asked to leave parliament ahead of yesterday’s opening debate for wearing T-shirts with the slogan ‘Aleppo is bleeding – Save Syria’. Speaker of the House Pia…

Prime Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen will host a working lunch with his British counterpart, Theresa May, in Copenhagen, Monday. Ahead of the visit Mr Rasmussen said: “Historically, Great Britain and Denmark are very…