Prime Minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt yesterday dismissed opposition leader Lars Løkke Rasmussen’s warning that the economy is heading for a crash landing unless the next government is willing to push through wide-reaching reforms. During…

The Social Democrats continue to make gains in the opinion polls. A new Norstat poll for Altinget.dk, a politics website, gives the Social Democrats 25.5 per cent of the vote, their best showing…

In very strong terms, the Turkish Embassy in Copenhagen has vented its anger against a nine-metre high memorial to be set up in the Kultorvet square in Copenhagen for ten days in May…

Danish Kurds who have fought alongside Kurdish forces in Syria and Iraq say they will return to join the war against Islamic State (ISIS), despite the risk of prison terms at home. “As…

Danish EU Competition Commissioner Margrethe Vestager is expected to launch an investigation into internet giant Google’s alleged anti-competitive practices today. Ms Vestager has been under pressure from European and US tech concerns to…

The International Monetary Fund (IMF)  has upwardly adjusted its economic growth projection for Denmark this year by 0.2 point to 1.6 percent in real terms, and 2 per cent in subsequent years, in…

Denmark has fallen behind in the use of IT (Information Technology). The World Economic Forum’s latest Global Information Technology Report, which provides a comprehensive assessment of ‘how prepared an economy is to apply…

Denmark’s DKK700bn government bond market has suffered since the National Bank’s January decision to stop issuing bonds, which encouraged investors to park their money in other assets. From Reuters: Denmark stopped selling new…

In a new ad campaign denouncing excessive bureaucracy, tyranny, over-zealous tax officials, and religious extremism, the Conservatives draw a comparison between Nazism and extremist Islam. According to party leader Søren Pape Poulsen, there…

Conservative leader Søren Pape has laid out three ‘non-negotiable’ demands for his party’s participation in a centre-right government, if the opposition regains power at the upcoming election – a cap on public spending,…