Prime Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen remains upbeat about the economy, despite new GDP figures showing that Denmark is now officially in a recession. After giving what commentators described as his most optimistic speech…

As parliament prepares for the summer recess, Politiken asked a number of leading MP’s for their view of the legislative year that’s coming to an end. Johannes Schmidt-Nielsen, policy spokeswoman for the far-left…

Prime Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen named ‘growth’ 36 times during his speech to parliament yesterday and ‘green’ just twice, a sign, according to left-wing daily Information, of how priorities have shifted since Denmark…

Helle Thorning-Schmidt refused to respond to journalists’ questions yesterday about why she leases her car in Germany, thereby saving 6% in VAT – around 163 kroner every month. Although a parliamentary majority, including…

Danish companies are lagging far behind in most of the world’s emerging growth companies. After it was revealed last week how Denmark is under-performing in the fast-growing BRIC countries (Brazil, Russia, India, China),…

A decreasing number of ethnic Danes and a rapidly-growing immigrant population – that’s the integration challenge facing Denmark over the next few decades. In response to a new Statistics Denmark prognosis showing that…

The Liberal Alliance has demanded better conditions for refugee children living in asylum centres as its price for supporting the government’s proposal to increase the penalties for criminality. The government won’t have a…

Danish GDP sank by 0.5% in Q1, as both private and public spending fell dramatically. It was expected that GDP would rise during the first three months after a dip of 0.2% in…

Parliament’s concluding debate, Tuesday, was dominated by the economy. Prime Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen stressed the importance of the cross-party agreements made over the past six weeks for the future sustainability of the…

One-legged Chechen bomber Lors Doukaev has been given a 12-year jail sentence after being found guilty of plotting a terrorist attack on Jyllands-Posten. Before retiring, jurors had heard the prosecution’s appeal for the…