The latest figures from the Manpower Capacity Survey (Arbejdskraftundersøgelsen) reveal a labour market that’s still treading water. The survey, by Statistics Denmark, seen as more realistic than the official jobless statistics, shows that…

Finance Minister Bjarne Corydon labelled the Red/Green Alliance ‘greedy’ yesterday after yet another round of budget negotiations failed to end in agreement. He said unless the far-left party is more willing to compromise…

Danish Military intelligence (FE) has acknowledged that it monitors millions of telephone calls abroad every month and shares the information with foreign agencies. In an interview with Politiken, head of FE, Thomas Ahrenkiel,…

Denmark and Uganda are to head negotiations aimed at raising $100bn by 2020 to help developing countries tackle climate change. When Denmark hosted COP15 in 2009 rich countries promised to help poor countries…

A Russian court has granted bail to a Danish Greenpeace activist. The 26-year-old Anne Mie Roer Jensen, alongside 29 crew members of Greenpeace’s Arctic Sunrise ship, had been held for over two months…

The Social Democrats slipped back but remain the country’s biggest party at local council level. Despite exit polls indicating that the party was heading for its worst local election drubbing since 1929 it…

Social Democrats’ policy spokesman Magnus Heunicke: “At one stage it appeared that we were heading for disaster but we emerged strong with just a slight loss. It’s always a disappointment to lose support…

Yesterday’s municipal election amplified the political dilemma that Prime Minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt finds herself in after two years of voter crisis, according to Jyllands-Posten. The Red/Green’s success indicates a signal from voters that…

A man accused of a vicious attack on Muslim poet Yahya Hassan was previously convicted of terrorism. 18-year-old Yahya Hassan’s book of poetry, charting his rebellion against Islam and Muslims in this country,…

Danish exports to Germany continue to grow – and when things are going well for Germany it’s a positive sign for Denmark, according to minister for Trade Nick Hækkerup who attributed the positive…