Denmark’s GDP is expected to grow more than expected this year, to 1.2% instead of the previously projected 0.6%, providing the government with far more money to spend, financial daily Børsen reports this…

Liberal (Venstre) leader Jacob Ellemann-Jensen could find himself at odds with his coalition allies by calling for tax cuts.  The Liberals suggested tax relief before the summer recess and now, with state finances…

Moderates leader Lars Løkke Rasmussen has repeated his call for more foreign workers to ease the labour shortage. Following his 3-day trip to Kenya last week the Foreign Minister suggested that importing manpower…

Parties on the right and left have distanced themselves from the Danish People’s Party (DPP) proposal to relocate asylum seekers to a holding centre in a remote area of Greenland. The populist party…

The Social Democrats have warned that people’s eagerness to work shorter hours or take early retirement will damage the welfare state. In an interview with Jyllands Posten the party’s policy spokesperson, Christian Rabjerg…

Shares in partially state-owned green-energy giant Ørsted nose-dived, Wednesday, following bad news from the U.S. where supply chain delays, a higher cost of borrowing due to rising interest rates, and trouble obtaining tax…

The government  is considering imposing a ’red meat’ tax to help reduce CO2 emissions, following a report by the green think tank CONCITO that highlighted the need for extensive changes in the public’s…

Defence Minister Troels Lund Poulsen has called on more countries to follow Denmark’s lead and donate fighter jets to Ukraine. Ahead of a Brussels meeting with his EU counterparts today Mr Lund Poulsen…

The government has pledged DKK150m ($22m) for the Amazon Fund in the draft budget to be published tomorrow (Thursday). Following a meeting with Brazilian Minister Marina Silva, Denmark’s Minister for Global Climate Policy…

Five foreign inmates of the Kærshovedgård holding centre for failed asylum seekers and criminal refugees awaiting deportation have been charged with dealing hard drugs. According to reports, local police seized DKK700,000 in cash…