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…

Russia / NATO agreement Standing side by side with Russian President Dmitrij Medvedev at the Lisbon summit, Saturday, NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen said that Russia’s tentative offer to work together with…

Danish icon returns from Shanghai The world renowned symbol of Denmark, The Little Mermaid, is back in Denmark after an eight-month sojourn in China. In an official ceremony to mark the famous symbol’s…

No politics this time The Dalai Lama is to visit Denmark again, in April next year. The exiled spiritual leader has been invited by the Tibet Charity humanitarian organisation and seven other Danish…

Soc Dems bow to SPP pressure The Social Democrats have bowed down to their left-wing partners, the Socialist People’s Party (SPP), by taking Denmark’s contentious opt-out on the joint EU currency, the euro,…

No further restrictions says Helle Social Democrat leader Helle Thorning-Schmidt has vowed that her party will oppose any further tightening of immigration legislation. The thorny issue of immigration has been off the agenda…

The system works says minister Although the number of immigrants applying for residency by family reunification has been reduced by 50% since the government introduced the restrictive 24-years of age requirement in 2002,…