The controversial jewellery law, which provoked worldwide criticism for Denmark when passed in January, has been employed just four times this year to seize a total of DKK117,600 (nearly €16,000) from refugees seeking…

A cross-party majority has agreed to allocate DKK227.4m (€30m) over the next four years to fight the growth of an alienated parallel society. Integration Minister Inger Støjberg said the agreement will give local…

The EU has ordered Denmark to tighten its border control at Copenhagen Airport. Although Prime Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen has criticised the EU for failing to manage its external border, the government has…

Google has rejected charges lodged by Danish EU Competition Commissioner Margrethe Vestager that it abuses its position as the internet’s dominant search engine to suppress rivals in breach of European law. The internet giant…

The Danish business sector is concerned about the possible negative effect on world trade after next week’s US presidential election. According to Peter Thagesen, director of international market policy at the Confederation of…

Denmark’s foreign exchange (FX) reserves rose marginally to DKK 449.9 bn ($67.2bn) in October, up 0.1 billion from the previous month. The National Bank said it declined to intervene last month in the…

Exports are expected to slow even further over the next few years as growth in Denmark’s key markets abroad continues to stagnate. That’s the verdict of a new study by DI (The Confederation of…

Russia was high on the agenda when Nordic and Baltic prime ministers gathered in Copenhagen, Wednesday, for the Nordic Council summit. Baltic leaders are concerned about Russia aggression in the region and were…

Another Danish party has misappropriated EU funding. The Socialist People’s Party has agreed to pay back DKK75,000 to the European Parliament after tabloid daily BT revealed EU subsidies were, unlawfully, spent on an…

Only 39 refugees applied for asylum in Denmark last week, the lowest since border control was reintroduced in January and the 15th week in a row with fewer than 100 new asylum seekers….