The number of foreign couples coming to Denmark as ‘wedding tourists’ has risen dramatically, raising concern about pro-forma marriages that provide a ‘back door’ to residency in the EU. The government has promised…

Foreign Minister Anders Samuelsen has halted aid funding to 14 Palestinian organisations with alleged links to terrorism – starting 2018, aid will be provided to only 10 Palestinian NGOs instead of 24. The…

A drug dealer spent Christmas Eve in custody after getting into a police car carrying a large amount of cannabis – according to the police he mistook the car for a taxi. “A…

Danish People’s Party leader Kristian Thulesen Dahl has blamed Finance Minister Kristian Jensen for the government’s failure to reach agreement with the DPP on tax and immigration reform. The DPP leader told Berlingske…

Anyone who’s been in Denmark for any length of time quickly becomes acquainted with ‘hygge’ – roughly described as a feeling of comfort and contentment, as well as indulging in all the good…

Denmark’s biggest bank, Danske Bank, has accepted a DKK12.5m (€1.65m) fine for money laundering. The fine was imposed by the State Prosecutor’s Office for Serious Economic and International Crime (Søik), popularly known as…

Parliament needs to address the problem of a growing labour shortage that’s creating a growing headache for companies, Employment Minister Troels Lund Poulsen said yesterday, adding that the government is looking at new…

Finance Minister Kristian Jensen has expressed concern about negative interest rates and the ‘distortions’ they create within the economy. The distortions coming from extreme negative rates include an overheated property market, with the…

Retail sales increased in November boosted by the U.S inspired ‘Black Friday’. The latest figures from Statistics Denmark show retail trade turnover rose a seasonally and price-adjusted 1.3 percent month-over-month in November, in…

The head of Group Human Resources at the Danish wing of Nordea, Scandinavia’s biggest bank, has created a controversy by claiming she has been inspired by Adolf Hitler. When asked by financial daily Børsen…