The Conservatives have urged their coalition partners to support a bill to ban the burqa. The bill, put forward by the Danish People’s Party (DPP) this autumn, would, if passed, require the police…

An anti-Islamist couple who interrupted a sermon at Roskilde Cathedral with an Islamic call to prayers have been charged with disturbing a church service. The couple, from the Stop Islamisation of Denmark organisation…

Autumn’s legislative session will be dominated by three major issues according to leading commentators – tax reform, the 2018 budget, and November’s local authority elections. TV2 analyst, and former Conservative leader, Hans Engell…

A number of fishing industry leaders have been reported to the police by the Ministry of Food for mismanaging the quota system. After Esben Lunde Larsen was sacked as minister for fisheries last week for allegedly…

Three local authorities are offering smokers a cash incentive to quit. Helsingør, Halsnæs, and Frederiksberg have promised heavy smokers DKK1,200 if they stay off cigarettes for at least three weeks. Charlotta Pisinger of…

The economy grew slightly in the year’s second quarter (Q2). The latest Statistics Denmark figures show Gross Domestic Product (GDP) rose 0.5 percent sequentially in Q2, following a 0.6 percent stable rate of growth…

Fraud Squad police have raided the offices of Nordea and seized documents and data in connection with money laundering. The Prosecutor for Serious Economic and International Crime (SØIK) has now formally opened an…

Denmark’s biggest bank, Danske, has told corporate customers to find an alternative place to stash their excess cash before the end of the year as it doesn’t want to hold great amounts of…

Despite being forced to back down on his key policy issue of tax relief for high earners, Anders Samuelsen spent Monday arguing that it wasn’t a defeat. In an interview with TV2 News, the…

The Danish People’s Party (DPP) can’t expect support for their proposals to tighten immigration policy when they won’t support tax cuts for high earners, the Liberal Alliance’s (LA) Joachim B. Olsen has warned….