Denmark has climbed to 14th on this year’s Global Gender Gap Index, an annual survey by the World Economic Forum (WEF), covering 144 countries, which measures gender equality by analysing women’s participation rates…

The U.S. Senate Committee on Foreign Relations has confirmed Dr Carla Sands, qualified chiropractor, investment banker, and former actress, as the new US ambassador to Denmark. Ms Sands, 55, worked as a private…

Denmark’s industrial production decreased significantly in September, after rising the previous month. The latest figures from Statistics Denmark show industrial production dropped a seasonally adjusted 4.2 percent month-over-month in September, reversing a 2.9…

Aerospace company sets up shop in Texas / Copenhagen loses out to Paris in innovation /  Nykredit drops IPO / Pension fund vows greater transparency  The Danish Aerospace Company (DAC) has opened a…

Commentators see the upcoming municipal elections as a mid-term referendum on the government’s policies and the first major political battle for opposition leader Mette Frederiksen. The Social Democrats sent out a brochure to…

The Supreme Court has ruled the government acted correctly by forcing refugees to wait three years for residency by family reunification. Integration Minister Inger Støjberg, who’s been at the forefront of the government’s…

Parliament’s longest-serving member has suggested that foreigners seeking Danish citizenship should be required to sign a ‘loyalty oath’ pledging allegiance to Denmark. In an article in Berlingske, former cabinet minister Bertel Haarder, the…

Prime Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen has vowed to do more to solve the street gang problem that has led to a spate of shootings and deaths in the capital this year. The government…

The Social Democrats have proposed serving gang members with an injunction that prevents them from gathering in groups. The injunction would make it illegal for known gang members to associate with each other…

Mayor of Copenhagen Frank Jensen has fired off an angry letter to Integration Minister Inger Støjberg demanding help to solve the ‘brutal’ problems caused by drug addicts, criminals and homeless around the meat-packing…