Danish brewing giant Carlsberg is one of a number of top breweries under investigation for allegedly fixing beer prices in Germany for nearly two decades and may face a multi-million euro fine. From…

Denmark’s national debt continues to rise and has now passed the DKK500bn mark, new National Bank figures show. Sydbank economist Peter Bojsen Jakobsen said the pre-crisis days of negative debt have possibly gone…

Retailers continue to struggle as consumers keep a tight rein on spending. Retail sales fell in July by 0.6% after rising slightly in May and June. Clothing, which represents a tenth of the…

Online Danish investment bank Saxo has published impressive half-yearly figures for 2103, showing a pre-tax profit of DKK407m on an operating income of DKK 1,749m – the best result for three years. From…

Denmark has urged the UN to ‘hastily investigate’ accusations of the use of chemical weapons in Syria From the Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs: Minister for Foreign Affairs Villy Søvndal states: “The reports…

On the first day of the Social Democrats’ annual summer meeting of MP’s, Prime Minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt said the over-riding mission of the government during its first two years in power has been…

Prime Minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt touted her left-wing credentials, Wednesday, by launching an attack on the social policy of the Danish People’s Party, ‘a favourite of the right’. In an appeal to the thousands…

The opposition parties are determined that thousands of homeowners who’ve paid too much property tax due to major miscalculations by the tax authorities should be refunded. After the National Audit Office published a…

The closing down of the Afghanistan military mission will have no impact on Denmark’s close relationship with the USA which will be intensified in the future, Danish Defence Minister Nikolaj Wammen assured his…

Vestas CEO Ditlev Engel has been fired after eight years at the helm of troubled wind-energy company. He will be replaced by Anders Runevad from Swedish telecom giant Ericsson, former President of Region West…