The head of the State Prosecutor’s Office for Serious Economic and International Crime (SØIK), popularly known as the fraud squad, has been relieved of his duties with immediate effect. Morten Niels Jakobsen, head…

In a major management re-shuffle Danske Bank has headhunted Stephan Engels from Commerzbank to lead the clean-up operation following the money laundering scandal. As the new finance chief Mr Engels has been given…

As expected, Jakob Ellemann-Jensen formally announced his bid to become Liberal Party leader, Wednesday, part of a ‘dream ticket’ with former immigration minister Inger Støjberg who’s running for deputy leader. Mr Ellemann-Jensen praised…

Opposition parties have welcomed the Liberals’ potential ‘dynamic duo’ leadership of Jakob Ellemann-Jensen and Inger Støjberg. Conservative leader Søren Pape Poulsen, who in an interview with Berlingske last month accused former prime minister…

Inger Støjberg has rejected she’s now the natural ’crown princess’ of the Liberals after announcing her candidacy for deputy leader, Wednesday. Ahead of last November’s annual conference the former immigration minister stated very…

The government has granted Denmark’s five regional authorities an extra DKK1.5bn ($210m) in funding next year but it’s still DKK500m less than needed to maintain an efficient health sector, according to local officials….

Five people, including a murderer, who were  convicted on flawed telecom evidence have demanded a re-trial. In July Justice Minister Nick Hækkerup launched an independent inquiry into the telecom data scandal after the…

Copenhagen is the world’s ninth most livable city in the world according to the latest Global Liveability Index, researched by the Economist Intelligence Unit. For the second year running Vienna leads the way,…

Lego suffered a 12% drop in earnings in the first half despite a 4% increase in revenue. The global toy giant reported first-half revenue of DKK14.8bn ($2.2bn), while net profit dropped to DKK2.7bn…

Jakob Ellemann-Jensen, the favourite to replace Lars Løkke Rasmussen as Liberal leader, has promised to stop the speculation by announcing today whether he’s a candidate, but according to commentators it’s already a ‘done…