An impressive balance of payments surplus conceals the ‘sad reality’ of the Danish economy, according to leading economists. New figures indicate Denmark is heading for a record-high surplus this year, around DKK120bn, but…

Ahead of the decisive EU debt crisis summit, Prime Minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt paved the way for a compromise on the thorny question of amending the Lisbon Treaty. EU President Herman Van Rompuy has…

64-year-old Allan Lykke Jensen, who had demanded DKK53,000 in compensation from the British-American Tobacco Company for illness he claimed was caused by smoking 20-30 Prince cigarettes a day for over 40 years, including…

Danish news channel TV2 News has declared a ‘great interest’ in transmitting the upcoming Taxgate hearings. Head of news Mikke Hertz said the Commission’s investigatory process could provide a ‘civics lesson for society’…

A 32 year old Danish entrepreneur has been arrested in connection with an elaborate plan to smuggle Colonel Gaddafi’s son, Saadi, from Niger to Mexico. In a story straight out of a James…

Denmark will contribute 100 million kroner to an international climate fund if other countries are willing to act in unison to make the fund a reality. The bold initiative was announced by Minister…

The Liberals fear they could experience a lengthy period of polical fall-out from the  inquiry into the so-called Taxgate scandal. The main opposition party has called for a speedy investigation into the affair but leading experts in…

New Denmark Statistics figures show a worrying fall in Danish industrial production of 0.3% from September to October, amplified by a 2.8% drop over three months to October, bringing to an end the modest gains since…

While the priesthood agonises over whether to allow homosexuals to be referred to as married partners in church, the government’s ‘gay weddings’ proposal enjoys broad support amongst the Danish people. In a YouGov…

Thousands of Copenhagen ‘Dankort’ holders have become the victims of fraud. At the latest count, around 3,000 people have discovered that US dollars have been unlawfully drawn from their accounts, in the USA,…