The Amager Bank collapse may have sent shockwaves through the banking sector but the two market leaders, Nordea and Danske Bank, earned impressive profits last year – DKK27bn and DKK6.5bn respectively. Despite the…

The prospect of a closer relationship between eurozone countries could bring a new Danish EU referendum a step closer, Prime Minister Lars Løkke Rassmusen told parliament yesterday. During a debate he said a…

NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen stressed the importance of Israel as an important partner for the military alliance during his visit to the Holy Land, Wednesday. After talks with Prime Minister Benjamin…

The Danish People’s Party (DPP) has come to the aid of under pressure Minister of Business and Economy Brian Mikkelsen. The opposition’s demand for an investigation into Mr Mikkelsen’s role ahead of the…

Forced labour still isn’t a thing of the past in Denmark, according to a yet to be published report that reveals how foreign workers are sold, cheated and exploited. In one instance, police…

Human rights organisations and lawyers have come out strongly against the Danish authorities’ practice of incarcerating asylum seekers for indefinite periods of time at the Ellebak jail in Northern Zeeland. Amnesty International also…

The Russian police are looking for two cars registered to the Danish Embassy in Moscow that have allegedly been linked to the Domodevo Airport bombing last month. According to an anonymous Russian Intelligence…

The change around in Conservative party leadership hasn’t attracted new voters. A YouGov poll for free daily metroXpress gives the struggling party just 4.3%, the same level of support as before Minister of…

The government is unable to put together a majority for its public information bill. Traditional support parties, the Liberal Alliance (LA) and Danish People’s Party (DPP), have said they won’t be supplying the…

Police seized 385 firearms in Copenhagen last year, of which 68 were directly linked to criminal bikers or immigrant gangs said the head of Copenhagen Police’s special gang-busting unit today. Additionally, the unit…