The United Nations purchased goods and services totalling DKK3.6bn ($550.91M) from Denmark last year. The latest Annual Statistical Report on United Nations Procurement published this week ranks Denmark as the 8th-largest supplier to…

Multi-millionaire Lars Seier Christensen’s long-held hopes of reducing the tax burden in this country have been hard hit by the resounding defeat of the Liberal Alliance at last week’s election. Mr Christensen, who…

Social Democrat leader Mette Frederiksen remains hopeful of putting together a workable majority for a centre-left government even though the first round of negotiations with her ‘red bloc’ allies ended yesterday with no…

Ex-prime minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen believes US sanctions against European – and Danish – companies could be the only solution if Europe fails to halt the controversial Nord Stream 2 pipeline from Russia…

Acting integration minister Inger Støjberg’s role in the ‘child brides’ affair has become part of the ongoing government negotiations. Berlingske reports how the Social Liberals (Radikale) have demanded a full-scale investigation into the…

Denmark should denounce China and offer support for the Hong Kong demonstrators, the Danish People’s Party’s deputy leader, Søren Espersen, said yesterday after the fourth day of protests against a new bill to…

Two French orphans with links to Denmark have been flown to France from a refugee camp in Syria. The Foreign Ministry’s Citizens’ Service has confirmed that the two were amongst twelve orphaned children…

Voter turnout was surprisingly low in last week’s election. 84.6% of eligible voters cast ballots, the lowest since 2005, even though the election was held on a national holiday – the previous low was in 1995…

Danske Bank’s legal problems continue to mount up.  A group of 30 investors from the US, Great Britain and Germany are preparing a class-action lawsuit to recover the estimated €100m they claim they…

‘Royal negotiator’ Mette Frederiksen emerged from a long day of talks with her left-wing allies, Tuesday, bemoaning the lack of progress in putting together a new government. After three days of discussing welfare…