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Denmark's Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen and her Social Democrats party got 27.5% of the vote

Danish PM to form broader government after slim victory

A day after scoring a narrow election victory, Denmark's Social Democratic Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen tendered her resignation to begin the process of forming a new, broader government.

World • 02 Nov 22

Denmark decided to kill all of its some 15 million minks in November 2020

Denmark to lift Covid-19 ban on mink farming

After a controversial cull of all minks in Denmark due to a coronavirus variant, the world's former top exporter will once again allow mink farming, its agriculture ministry has announced.

World • 23 Sep 22

Denmark's central bank has increased interest rates

Denmark ends nearly decade-long era of negative rates

Denmark broke with a nearly decade-long experiment of negative interest rates yesterday when its central bank lifted its key rate into positive territory, following a similar rate hike by its European counterpart earlier in the day.

Business • 09 Sep 22

The quota was set after the 'unusually large catch' of 1,423 white-sided dolphins in September last year

Faroe Islands to 'limit' dolphin hunt at 500

The Faroe Islands is to provisionally limit its controversial dolphin hunt to 500, following public outcry over the practice.

News • 10 Jul 22

Many visitors were there for a concert with singer Harry Styles at the nearby Royal Arena, which was cancelled

Danish shooting suspect remanded in custody for 24 days

Danish police have said that the 22-year-old suspect in a shooting at a Copenhagen shopping centre yesterday that left three dead and four people injured, was known to mental health services.

World • 04 Jul 22

Launched in Europe in 2018, Google for Jobs triggered criticism from 23 online job-search websites in 2019.

Google hit with complaint by Danish job search rival

Google was hit with a competition complaint today after a Danish online job-search rival took its grievance to EU regulators, alleging the Alphabet unit had unfairly favoured its own job search service.

Business • 27 Jun 22

Ireland has one of the highest price levels for consumer goods and services across the EU last year

Ireland and Denmark most expensive countries in EU

Ireland and Denmark had the highest price levels for consumer goods and services across the EU in 2021, according to Eurostat.

Business • 21 Jun 22

With 11 of the 14 political parties in Denmark supporting a 'yes' vote, the country is expected to vote in favour of reversing the policy

Majority of Danes vote to join EU common defence policy

An overwhelming majority of Danes, almost 67%, have voted in favour of joining the EU's common defence policy 30 years after opting out.

Europe • 02 Jun 22

Denmark's consumer price index rose 6.7% in April, compared to a year ago - the highest rate since June 1984

Danish inflation hits highest level since 1984

Danish inflation hit a near four-decade high in April, as energy and food prices soared, official figures showed today.

Business • 10 May 22

Swedish Foreign Minister Ann Linde made her comments today (file image)

Finland will 'quite surely' apply to join NATO - Sweden

Finland will almost certainly apply for membership in NATO, Sweden's Foreign Minister Ann Linde told Swedish television today.

World • 01 May 22

Carlsberg is to look for growth beyond its core beer market over the next five years to focus on categories like cider, seltzers and alcohol free beer

Brewer Carlsberg warns of 2022 growth dip

Danish brewer Carlsberg expects organic growth in operating profit to fall short of last year's level, it said today after posting fourth-quarter sales above expectations.

Business • 04 Feb 22

Danske Bank, Denmark's largest bank, has been dogged by a money laundering scandal since 2018

Danske Bank eyes higher profits in 2022

Danske Bank has maintained its 2023 profitability target and said it expected to increase profits this year after reporting fourth quarter net profit slightly above expectations.

Business • 03 Feb 22

Peter Burns was last seen in central Aarhus on Saturday night

Danish police search for missing Irish man

Police in Denmark are searching for an Irish man who has been missing since the weekend.

Ireland • 07 Dec 21

Last year Danske said it had wrongly collected debt from up to 106,000 customers because of IT system errors

Danske Bank asked to expand debt-collection probe

Danske Bank has been asked by the Danish financial watchdog to extend and expand an external investigation into issues with its debt-collection practices, Denmark's biggest lender has said.

Business • 06 Dec 21

Protests in Copenhagen last April against the government's plan to deport Syrian refugees

Denmark wants some migrants to work for welfare cash

Migrants in Denmark will be told to complete 37 hours' work a week in order to receive welfare benefits, the government has said.

World • 08 Sep 21

Mick McHale, Darragh McMorrow, Dermot McMorrow, Keith Moran (CEO), Paul Clarke and Shane Loughlin pictured at the signing of SL Control's deal with NNIT

Irish software firm SL Controls bought by IT group NNIT

SL Controls, the Irish specialist software integration firm, has been bought by global service provider NNIT group for an enterprise value of €16.9m.

Business • 05 Jul 21

Andersen was born in 1805 to poor parents before earning global fame for works that include 'The Little Mermaid'

Hans Christian Andersen museum opens in Denmark

Danish Queen Margrethe II has inaugurated a new museum devoted to children's author Hans Christian Andersen in his home town of Odense, following a 10-year renovation project.

News Lens • 30 Jun 21

Danish bar offers Covid-19 tests on tap

A bar in Copenhagen has started offering customers a Covid-19 test and a beer while they wait for the result to help get business moving again after months of restrictions.

Business • 26 Apr 21

The residential area Apotekerhaven in Holbaek where a number of arrests were made

Danish, German police arrest 14 over alleged terrorism

Danish police said they have arrested 13 people in the last week, while German police have arrested one more, on suspicion of attempting to make explosives and planning a terrorist attack in either Denmark or Germany.

World • 12 Feb 21

Carlsberg said it expects operating profit to grow between 3% to 10% in 2021

Carlsberg banks on a beer-drinking summer free of curbs

Danish beer brewer Carlsberg is banking on most Covid-19 restrictions being lifted in the coming months to buoy its earnings in its peak summer season after the pandemic bruised its 2020 results.

Business • 05 Feb 21

Denmark's Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen apologised

Denmark apologises for children moved from Greenland

Denmark's government has formally apologised to the 22 Greenlanders who were moved to Denmark and cut off from their families in the 1950s in an attempt to bridge the cultural gap between the Scandinavian country and its colony.

World • 08 Dec 20

Dead mink being buried in a mass grave near Holstebro in Denmark - some have now resurfaced

Dead mink resurface from mass grave in Denmark

Mink that were culled to prevent the spread of Covid-19 at fur farms in Denmark have resurfaced from mass graves this week, prompting complaints from residents about possible health risks.

World • 27 Nov 20

The British government has banned non-UK citizens coming from Denmark because of concerns about a new strain of Covid-19 that spread from mink to humans

NI Minister urges all-island ban on Denmark arrivals

Northern Ireland's health minister has urged the Irish Government to introduce quarantine rules similar to the UK for visitors from Denmark.

Coronavirus • 08 Nov 20

528 new cases of Covid-19 were earlier confirmed in Northern Ireland

Five further deaths and 335 Covid-19 cases announced

There have been five additional deaths related to Covid-19 in Ireland, and a further 335 cases have been confirmed.

Coronavirus • 07 Nov 20

The cull involves 15 -17 million minks spread over 1,080 farms

Denmark orders mink cull over mutated coronavirus

Denmark, the world's biggest producer of mink fur, is to cull all of the country's minks after a mutated version of the new coronavirus was detected at mink farms and had spread to people.

World • 04 Nov 20