The government’s plan to crackdown on short-term property speculators has provoked a storm of criticism from Denmark’s biggest pension funds, which claim they will be hard-hit by the new legislation specifically aimed at…

Goods imports decreased by 0.9 percent annually in October, following a 0.2 percent decline in the preceding month. At the same time exports rose, figures from Statistics Denmark showed on Monday. Exports excluding…

Denmark’s industrial production fell slightly in October following a rise in September. The latest Statistics Denmark figures show industrial production, often a reflection of economic health,  fell a seasonally adjusted 0.6 percent month-on-month…

Pension fund invests in German, Irish green bonds……SAS opens up new Tokyo route……Payment company test-drives facial recognition technology…. Labour-market pension fund Sampension has announced an investment of DKK300m (€40m) in green bonds issued…

A major NATO conference scheduled for Copenhagen tomorrow (Tuesday) has been cancelled at the last minute by the Danish Atlantic Council after U.S. Ambassador to Denmark Carla Sands voiced concern about one of…

Danish media have condemned the decision to disinvite Trump critic Stanley Sloan that led to the cancellation of a NATO conference in Copenhagen tomorrow. Politiken’s foreign affairs editor Michael Jarlner called it a…

The government has received overwhelming cross-party parliamentary backing for its plan to reduce CO2 emissions by 70% ahead of 2030 compared with 1990 levels. Climate Minister Dan Jørgensen presented what he described as…

Only two parties refused to support the government’s new climate bill – the business-friendly Liberal Alliance and the anti-migrant New Conservatives. Permille Vermund, head of the New Conservatives who entered parliament for the…

Alarm bells are ringing at the Danish People’s Party (DPP) following the disclosure of a ‘smoking gun’ invoice that discredits its claim that accusations of EU fraud were only based on formalities and…

Defence Minister Trine Bramsen has cancelled a long-planned trip to Greenland today to deal with the growing controversy regarding alleged misappropriation of funds within her ministry. Experts have warned of possible ‘widespread’ fraud…