Denmark, which prides itself on being number one in international comparisons, has slipped to 13th on the  2019 Best Countries rankings, an annual report based on a worldwide survey of more than 20,000…

The EU has approved a €215m grant for the Baltic Pipe project, which will allow transport of gas from Norway to the Danish and Polish markets, via Denmark. The Baltic Pipe, to be carried out…

The centre-left opposition is gaining strength as the election approaches. After recent polls showing a virtual dead heat between the two opposing factions the latest Epinion survey for DR News indicates Social Democrat…

Only 180 refugees sought asylum in Denmark in December, the lowest single-month figure for more than a decade. And the total for all of 2018 was no more than 3,500, the same as…

Denmark has recognised Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaidó as interim president. After the 35-year-old declared himself acting leader in Caracas on Wednesday, Foreign Minister Anders Samuelsen wrote on Twitter: “Denmark supports the legitimate,…

Chinese tech giant Huawei has dismissed Danish fears of espionage. A number of Danish lawmakers have expressed concern about Huawei’s role as a close partner of formerly state-owned telecom company TDC in Denmark’s…

A Danish national is facing a lengthy prison sentence in Russia for being a member of Jehovah’s Witnesses. The public prosecutor in the southern city of Oryol has asked a court to sentence…

Denmark’s consumer confidence index rose to 3.9 points in January from 2.9 points in December, the latest Statistics Denmark data shows. The monthly survey asks a cross section of Denmark’s population its views…

Another day, another headache for Danske Bank. IMF Bentham, the largest litigation funder in Australia, has announced plans to file a shareholder lawsuit against Denmark’s biggest bank over the DKK1,500bn ($230 billion) money laundering…

Partially state-owned Ørsted (formerly DONG) has been named the most sustainable energy company in the world by Corporate Knights, a magazine that promotes ‘clean capitalism’. Ørsted beat more than 7,500 other companies and…