Denmark is among the front runners to host the European Medicines Agency (EMA), which could be forced to relocate from London when Great Britain leaves the EU. Prime Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen lobbied…

The United Nations (UN) has expressed its gratitude for Denmark’s DKK75m ($10.7m) emergency aid grant to the World Food Programme (WFP) aimed at combatting famine in South Sudan and providing nourishment to starving…

A new population projection by Statistics Denmark reflects the rapidly changing face of Danish society. By 2060 one-fifth of the population will be an immigrant or descendant of an immigrant – ‘a frightening…

In a turnaround from previous policy the Social Democrats have praised Australia and Canada’s methods of controlling the refugee influx. In a May 1st Labour Day speech, party whip Henrik Sass Larsen urged…

The Danish People’s Party (DPP) has warned it won’t support any move to replicate Australia’s asylum policy until permanent border control is re-imposed. In response to the Social Democrat’s call for external UN…

As the first country in the world Denmark has banned foreign ‘hate preachers’ who travel around the world spreading religious propaganda. The Integration Ministry has published a sanctions list of six prominent imams,…

If the tax authorities want to find some of the DKK 100bn they’re owed by debtors they’re going to have to look abroad – 102,074 people, who collectively owe the Danish Tax Authority (SKAT)…

The Russian authorities have questioned the government’s move to amend legislation to stop the controversial Nord Stream 2 pipeline passing through Danish territorial waters. Minister of Energy and Climate Lars Christian Lilleholt has stated…

Although the sun shines around half as much in this country as in southern Europe cities such as Lisbon, Madrid and Marseille, it hasn’t stopped Denmark becoming a world leader in solar power….

Maersk Line, the world’s biggest container shipping company, has paid  €3.7 billion (S$5.6 billion) to acquire its smaller German rival, Hamburg Sud. Combined, the two firms will be able to realise annual operational…