Prime Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen has agreed to attend a parliamentary consultation regarding his relationship to the so-called ‘quota kings’ who control large proportions of fishing licensing quotas issued by the state, but…

Prime Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen arrives in Strasbourg today to address the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE). Denmark holds the chairmanship of the Council of Europe until May 2018 and the government’s has named reforming…

The Danish People’s Party (DPP) has called for all degree courses to include at least one Danish-language module. Around half of the 530 graduate courses offered by Danish universities today are in English…

Members of parliament’s health committee have come under fire for meeting representatives of U.S. tobacco giant Philip Morris in Copenhagen, Tuesday. Head of The Danish Cancer Society Leif Vestergaard Pedersen said health policy and smoking should be…

Peter Madsen, the ‘Submarine Slayer’, tied up and physically abused Swedish journalist Kim Wall before murdering her on board his home-built submarine, according to the details of the indictment published on Tuesday. On…

Consumer confidence, normally a reliable indicator of the economic climate, increased to the highest level in six months in January, despite a drop in retail sales the previous month (see below). The latest…

Retail sales surprisingly fell in December, normally the year’s strongest month. Statistics Denmark show retail trade turnover dropped a seasonally and price-adjusted 0.3 percent month-over-month in December, in contrast to a 1.3 percent…

Donald Trump’s decision to address the World Economic Forum in Davos, Friday, is a ‘positive sign’, according to Finance Minister Kristian Jensen who said it reflects the U.S. President’s ‘growing international awareness’. Traditionally,…

Prime Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen has again dismissed ‘favours for fish’ allegations after it was revealed last week he spent his summer holiday in 2016 at a summer cottage in Skagen, funded by…

Ex- Catalonia president Carles Puigdemont told a crowded auditorium at the University of Copenhagen last night that ‘if Catalans can’t change their laws and leaders, that means there is no democracy in Catalonia’,…