As the Social Liberals prepare to ink a deal with the government on retirement reform, opposition leader Helle Thorning-Schmidt has come under fire from former Social Democrat cabinet ministers who blame her for…

The government is preparing to send surveillance aircraft to monitor the coast of Africa as part of its new anti-piracy strategy. Minister of Defence Gitte Lillelund Bech said piracy has spread from the…

Danish IT innovator Janus Friis, who alongside his Swedish business partner Niklas Zennström founded and invented the internet telephone service Skype, achieved the unique feat of becoming a billionaire for the second time…

An Odense Imam is at the centre of a new Muslim marriage controversy after performing an engagement ceremony for a 16-year-old school girl and her 25-year-old fiancé. According to local newspaper Fyens Stiftstidende…

The birth rate in Denmark has increased more than any other country in the western world since 1984, a new OECD survey of 43 countries shows. Danish women gave birth to 1.84 babies…

Prime Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen refused to speculate about a general election at his weekly press conference, claiming he’s too busy concentrating on the government’s 2020 plan. However, despite previously stating that he…

The Danish People’s Party’s (DPP) deputy leader Peter Skaarup said he found it ‘odd’ that the Social Liberals have demanded the government drops planned cuts in student grants in return for their support…

The Consumer Index rose by 2.9% in April compared to the same month last year as prices in this country, already amongst the highest in the world, rose faster than expected – bad…

Despite losses incurred in the Amager Bank collapse, the Danske Bank emerged relatively unscathed from Q1 with a healthy DKK700m after-tax profit. CEO Peter Skaruup characterised the first accounts of the year as…

Yet another opinion poll confirms that the opposition’s winter-long lead is shrinking rapidly. A new Voxmeter poll for news bureau Ritzau gives the government and its support parties 47.3%, against the opposition’s 52.3%,…