Denmark continues to challenge the EU on the thorny issue of child support benefits for foreign nationals. The government has previously suggested that the child benefit allowance should be ‘indexed’ so it matches…

The government doesn’t believe the ongoing extradition dispute surrounding arms dealer Niels Holck will get in the way of growing bilateral relations with India, Danish Ambassador to India Peter Taksoe Jensen said this week. India’s Prime Minister…

Danish citizen Joanna Palani, 22, who fought against the Islamic State (ISIS) in Iraq and Syrian, claims she has been treated like a ‘common terrorist’ in this country since returning home. The police…

Carlsberg eyes Chinese brewery / Vestas warns of wind-energy slowdown / Big earnings for mortgage lender Carlsberg is considering buying a 20% stake in Tsingtao Brewery, China. Based on the brewery’s current share price, the 20% stake…

Denmark signed a secret repatriation agreement with Somalia last year allowing for forced deportations. Berlingske has obtained a confidential police memo outlining the deal made between the Ministry for Immigration and the Somali…

Iran’s ambassador to Denmark, Morteza Moradian, has denied that his unwillingness to shake hands with Speaker of the House Pia Kjærsgaard reflects a lack of respect. Two successive Iranian ambassadors have declined to shake…

Denmark now has its first official medical marijuana producer – ‘Danish Cannabis’ in Djursland will initially supply the medical sector but is hoping to be given the green light to export abroad. Parliament has…

The Momondo Travel group, founded in Copenhagen by four young Danes ten years ago, has been sold to the American Priceline Group, owner of rival travel search service Kayak, in a DKK3.8bn ($550m) deal. The…

A.P. Møller-Maersk’s latest accounts sent shockwaves through the financial markets, Wednesday –  Maersk shares fell by more than 7 percent as Denmark’s biggest company reported a 2016 net loss of DKK13.2 bn ($1.94bn) defying…

It isn’t just Maersk that’s going through a sticky patch – the Danish shipping industry, the cornerstone of Denmark’s exports, shrunk by 17.6% in 2016, to DKK167.6bn from DKK203bn the previous year, the…