Danish companies are forced to abide by strict US foreign policy if they want to enjoy the benefits of the lucrative American market. US export laws and trade restrictions are often more comprehensive…

Young people from ethnic minorities continue to experience discrimination at the hands of Copenhagen discotheques and clubs but the situation is far worse in Spain, France, Romania and Albania. According to a new…

The Danish People’s Party (DPP) has proposed that today’s International Women’s Day – which was founded in Denmark 100 years ago – should be abolished. The party’s equal rights spokesperson, Pia Adelsteen, said…

The number of businesses filing for bankruptcy rose again in February to 485, from 452 the previous month.. Senior Handelsbanken economist Jes Asmussen said the continuing high rate of companies being forced out…

Voters are fleeing from the Liberal Party at an alarming rate. The latest Voxmeter poll for the Ritzau news agency, taken last week at the height of the stateless Palestinians scandal, gives the…

The Somali authorities have promised the pirates who hi-jacked a Danish yacht last week immunity from prosecution if they release the family of five and two crew members who have been taken hostage….

Should it be illegal to insult the Queen? After last week’s Justice Ministry decision to allow the police to prosecute two Greenpeace activists in accordance with a seldom used paragraph in Danish law…

Disgraced Copenhagen University neuroscientist Milena Penkowa was given a suspended three-month prison sentence by Copenhagen District Court in December for embezzlement, forgery and making false accusations against a student. Ms Penkowa has consistently…

Passenger figures for SAS were up by 6.4% in January, to 1.95m. However, inter-continental numbers rose by just 1.8% as the company continues to lose passengers on its lucrative routes to North America….

Denmark still has the best social benefits in the world, even though Danes tend to believe that welfare has suffered since the government came to power in 2001. In a Jyllands Posten survey…