A Danish citizen who was imprisoned in the US detention camp at Guantanamo is suing the Danish state. The man, Slimane Abderrahmane, is demanding financial compensation for the 741 days he spent at…

Danish companies need to create new wealth worth DKK250bn over the next decade to stop Denmark sliding even further down the global prosperity rankings. A new growth report, commissioned by the government from…

The Danish People’s Party (DPP) will punish students who relocate abroad after graduation by demanding reimbursement of their student grants (SU). As cross-party SU reform negotiations get underway today, the DPP’s spokeswoman on business affairs,…

The Copenhagen inner-city district of Vesterbro is the most crime-ridden area in the country. According to free daily Urban, new 2010 crime statistics show a neighbourhood ‘riddled with drugs, violence, robberies and break…

Minister of Foreign Affairs Lene Espersen (C) is ready to send Danish troops to Africa to fight the growth of terror. In an interview with Politiken, Ms Espersen lays out a blueprint for…

Knife ban was a panic reaction Henriette Kjær, the Conservatives’ spokeswoman on party policy, says she disagrees with certain parts of the government’s anti-terror legislation and that she ‘definitely isn’t proud’ of the…

Be a man and stand up to the Chinese. The Danish People’s Party (DPP) have challenged Prime Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen to snub his nose at the Chinese by inviting the Dalia Lama…

Consumer index up, but…. The Consumer Confidence index rose by more than expected in November, to 3.6 from 0.6 the previous month, but economists remain cautious. Handelsbanken senior economist Jes Asmussen welcomed the…

Tryg boss no.22 The British Financial Times (FT) has named the world’s 50 most influential businesswomen – and for the second year running a Dane is on the list. Stine Bosse, head of…

More and more look for charity as families struggle A new Red Cross survey reveals that more and more families are experiencing hard times and are forced to seek help from charities to…