Private spending will be hard hit in this country if the European Central Bank raises its prime lending rate in April, as suggested. With the price of petrol and food already at record…

The Danish warship Esbern Snare is to remain on duty in the coastal waters of Somalia to monitor the situation surrounding the Danish family captured by pirates. Although Minister of Defence Gitte Lillelund…

The Liberal Alliance (LA) is ready to bury the hatchet and form a joint front with the Liberals and Conservatives in this year’s election. After having constantly criticised the government for failing to…

The Danish economy is extremely vulnerable and neither phasing out early retirement nor extending the working week by an hour, as suggested by opposing political parties, will be enough to stop the downward…

 The Danish Shipowners Association (DSA) has repeated its call for armed guards on ships after another hi-jacking attempt. Somali pirates attempted to seize the Danish-owned freight ship Brattingbort early Thursday morning but were…

Denmark is to finance the construction of two new prisons that can house up to 1,000 pirates. The Ministry of Justice has given the go-ahead for the two prisons in the Somali republics…

A leading Liberal Alliance candidate for MP at the next election has been accused of misogyny. In a blog last year, Ole Birk Nielsen accused women of being ‘fundamentally devoid of ethics or…

Three Danish children who have been forced to live in Libya for the past two and a half years after being abducted by their father are on their way back to Denmark. A…

Lego is now the world’s fourth biggest toy manufacturer. With an earnings increase of 70%, to DKK16.6bn, the Billund-based toy giant posted record accounts for the third year running after capturing 5.9% of…

More German TV and Radio – that’s the message from the Council of Europe which has urged Denmark to make a greater effort to promote the German language in this country. The council…