Prime Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen has rejected opposition claims that the chair of the Danish Council on Climate Change (Klimarådet) was fired because he was critical of the government’s policies. Peter Birch Sørensen stepped…

The Social Democrats have confirmed their intention to make income tax an issue in the upcoming election campaign by presenting a raft of measures to ‘squeeze the rich’,  including stricter caps on executives’ bonuses, higher…

Parliament has passed a bill that makes it legal for anyone over 18 to use a pepper spray in their own home for self-defence. Despite opposition from the Police Association, the Crime Prevention…

A Danish citizen accused of murdering hundreds of ethnic Tutsis during the 1994 genocide has arrived back in the central-African country after his extradition from Denmark. The Supreme Court ruled in September that…

Denmark joined the Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration (GCM), in Marrakech, Morocco, yesterday. Prime Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen was amongst representatives from more than 150 States who adopted the treaty…

Prime Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen said yesterday he has no concrete evidence that foreign powers had employed fake accounts on social media in an effort to influence the debate about the Global Compact…

Prime Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen has urged Morocco to repatriate convicted terrorist Sam Mansour, known as the ‘Bookseller from Bronshøj’. The PM raised the issue during talks with Morocco’s foreign affairs minister, Nasser…

Minister for the Economy Simon Emil Ammitzbøll-Bille (LA) has lashed out at the trade union movement for making Denmark a ‘poorer country’. In an op-ed article in tabloid daily Ekstra Bladet the minister…

The 100 Danish companies that paid the most corporate tax in 2017 will be receiving a personal letter of thanks from Tax Minister Karsten Lauritzen in the mail this morning. Companies collectively paid…

Lower petrol prices led to a slight drop in inflation last month. Consumer prices fell by 0.3% in November compared to October – on an annual basis prices have increased by a modest…