The Danish People’s Party’s (DPP) Peter Kofod has dismissed the European People’s Party’s (EPP) candidate for president of the European Commission, Manfred Weber, as ‘arrogant’ and ‘panic stricken’ for his rejection of EU-sceptic…

7 out of 10 Danish voters believe the next government, whether ‘red’ or ‘blue’, should support Margrethe Vestager’s candidacy for a top EU Commission job. The former Social Liberal (R) leader’s five-year term as…

Danske Bank’s own pension fund will no longer invest in companies that export arms to Saudi Arabia. Danica Pension’s head of investment policy, Anders Svennesen, said the decision to support the government’s ban…

Over the past seven years European banks have paid fines totalling more than DKK100bn ($16bn) relating to money laundering or trade sanctions violations and now it’s Danske Bank that’s in the firing line….

Although Denmark and Sweden are consistently ranked among the least corrupt countries by global organisation Transparency International the recent money laundering scandals have raised serious questions about the open Nordic business culture. Reuters…

Post-election cross-party negotiations to create a new government could be lengthy, chaotic, and even end in deadlock, analysts have warned following the Social Liberals’ (R) immigration demands. After Social Liberal leader Morten Østergaard…

Danish People’s Party (DPP) leader Kristian Thulesen Dahl is pessimistic about working alongside the Social Democrats after the election, following Social Liberal (R) leader Morten Østergaard’s warning he will actively resist opposition leader…

Danish pension funds have invested billions of kroner in major international banks that defrauded European states in the so-called CumEx-Files tax evasion scheme. Left-wing daily Information, which in a series of articles has reported…

Information revealed by the Panama Papers scandal has proved to be invaluable for tax authorities around the world, including in this country. Three years after the scandal broke a new report by the…

Students at a Copenhagen high school won’t be punished for throwing coins at Education Minister Merete Riisager and calling her a ‘whore’ but will be required to attend a 1-day course in democracy. The…