Around one million people in this country owe a collective DKK100bn to the state – an average of DKK100,000 each – but in reality it’s a relatively small group that owes the major…

Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen has urged people to ‘spend, spend, spend’ to boost the economy but new National Bank figures reveal the public stashed away billions during the corona crisis. The amount of…

Between 20 and 50 people in this country have tested positive for covid-19 every single day over the past month, which according to experts shows that the virus has been contained yet remains…

3 out of 4 voters believe Danish mosques shouldn’t be allowed to issue the weekly call to prayer over loudspeakers. Parliament last week voted down a motion calling for a ban on ‘prayer…

The High Court trial of three men found guilty last year of aiding a terrorist organisation by supplying drones to the Islamic State (ISIS) gets underway today. Copenhagen District Court ruled in November…

Nearly 3,500 criminal court cases in which DNA evidence has played a decisive role are to be reviewed after a person was convicted of burglary but a later analysis showed he was probably…

A new study claims that 1 gigawatt of wind energy produced at an offshore wind farm will secure 14,600 full-time equivalent jobs at Danish companies. The report by trade organisations Danish Shipping, Danish…

The aftershock of the corona crisis will mean less funding for foreign development aid in next year’s budget, Development Minister Rasmus Prehn has warned. Speaking to political news site altinget.dk, the minister said…

Non-western immigrants and their descendants cost the Danish state DKK33bn ($5bn) in 2017, DKK4bn less than the previous year, while ‘ethnic’ Danes made a positive contribution 0f DKK 58bn ($8.5bn) according to the…

Immigration & Integration Minister Mattias Tesfaye has ordered the immigration authorities to speed up the processing of hundreds of Syrian asylum seekers from the Damascus region. He said yesterday that around 100,000 Syrian…