The repercussions of slashing the unemployment insurance entitlement period from four years to two have been far more severe than the Danish People’s Party had expected. In an interview with the trade-union backed…

The government will earmark DKK200m in the 2014 budget to help the authorities combat street gangs, according to media reports. The crackdown comes after new crime figures showing 49-gang-related shootings during the first…

The editors of four leading Nordic newspapers, including the Danish Politiken, have jointly sent an open letter to British PM David Cameron criticising the British authorities’ perceived attack on the left-leaning Guardian newspaper…

Minister for Business & Growth Henrik Sass Larsen has promised ‘thousands of new jobs’. The newly appointed minister lays out his ambitious employment plans in an interview with Berlingske in which he pinpoints…

Henrik Sass-Larsen is a popular figure amongst voters. After originally being excluded from the cabinet due to alleged links to criminal bikers in his Køge constituency, the new Business Minister has been welcomed…

The cabinet re-shuffle, rescue package for benefits recipients, signs of an economic turnaround, and the halal-debate haven’t stopped the government’s downward slide in the polls. The latest Megafon poll for Politiken gives the…

The Supreme Court has ruled that a local residents’ association has the right to evict two families from their homes, signalling the culmination of a four-year legal dispute. The two families were threatened…

Pubs and cafes throughout Denmark are running short of beer and soft drinks due to a strike at Carlsberg. Production at the Frederica brewery ground to a halt on August 14th when 131…

The number of homeless living on the street or in shelters has risen dramatically. A new report by the National Research Centre for Welfare show that 5,820 people are now homeless in this…

Nearly half of the electorate believes a packet of cigarettes should cost considerably more. In response to a new report by the National Institute of Public Health showing the number of smokers would…