International news bureau Reuters is reporting that Prime Minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt will ‘probably’ call the long-awaited general election this week. Quoting ‘sources close to the PM’, Reuters reports that time is running out…

The opposition has accused the government of cosmetically enhancing key economic indicators after Business Minister Morten Østergaard claimed that Denmark is over the crisis and the economy is enjoying an upswing. Ahead of…

Danes are being left behind in the labour market. A new calculation by the Danish Employers Confederation (DA) shows that three out of four of the 40,000 new jobs created since the government…

The Danish flag was prominent in Sunday’s local elections in Spain. The Spanish Association of Municipalities for Independence (AMI) had urged Catalan mayors to fly the ‘Dannebrog’ on municipal buildings as a way…

Despite widespread problems with the Nem ID (EasyID) system, which requires everybody over the age of 15 to receive digitalised post from the authorities, the government claims the system is working. The Danish…

A presenter on news radio 24/7 has sparked off an outrage by killed a baby rabbit live on air. Asger Juhl was hosting a debate on animal welfare and said he carried out…

Denmark will demand an exemption that allows its banks to count mortgage-backed bonds as highly liquid assets if it becomes the only country outside the euro zone to join the European Union’s banking…

Consumer confidence down / Denmark pushes to simplify EU legislation / Georg Jensen expansion Confidence: Denmark’s consumer confidence index fell to 13.0 points in May from 13.7 points in April, the statistics office…

Helle Thorning-Schmidt wants to avoid giving “unrealistic” expectations of EU membership to Eastern European partner countries. The Danish Prime Minister expressed concern that last night’s summit between the EU and six Eastern European…

The Danish Tax Authority “Skat” is continuing to assess properties against a 2013 system, which triggers higher taxes. This is despite the Danish Parliament’s move to cancel the 2013 assessment system in the…