Minister for the Economy Simon Emil Ammitzbøll-Bille (LA) has lashed out at the trade union movement for making Denmark a ‘poorer country’. In an op-ed article in tabloid daily Ekstra Bladet the minister…

The 100 Danish companies that paid the most corporate tax in 2017 will be receiving a personal letter of thanks from Tax Minister Karsten Lauritzen in the mail this morning. Companies collectively paid…

Lower petrol prices led to a slight drop in inflation last month. Consumer prices fell by 0.3% in November compared to October – on an annual basis prices have increased by a modest…

Danish cleaning and services giant, ISS, has announced plans to lay off around 100,000 employees in 13 countries as part of a global restructuring plan that will see assets representing 12% of the…

The government is determined to go ahead with its controversial refugee island project despite widespread criticism. After visiting Lindholm island, Friday, where up to 100 failed asylum seekers and criminal refugees will be…

Danes have the lowest life expectancy rate in Western Europe, mainly due to excessive drinking and smoking. While people in Switzerland and Spain can look forward to living to 83, Danes, on average,…

Nearly 36,000 jobs were available in October, the highest number ever and 3,000 more than the previous month. 2.1% of all positions in Denmark are currently vacant, the most for eight years and…

Lithuania has strongly distanced itself from the Danske Bank money laundering scandal. Whistleblower Howard Wilkinson, who last month described how Danske’s Estonian branch handled customers associated with top Russian politicians and companies, has…

Danske Bank shareholders are looking to newly installed chairman Karsten Dybvad to restore confidence in Denmark’s biggest bank in the wake of the money laundering scandal. A.P. Moller-Maersk, the bank’s top shareholder, pushed…

Vestager rules against German power giant / ATP snaps up Berlin street Denmark’s Competition Commissioner Margrethe Vestager has ruled that German power company TenneT infringed EU antitrust rules by systematically limiting electricity between…