Banks need to come out agsainst tax avoidance says PM
Banks could help repair their tattered reputation by making it very clear that they don’t offer tax avoidance services, Prime Minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt said last night, adding that the government is willing to…
MoreIncrease in ‘East European’ crime
The number of criminal charges against Eastern European travellers has risen sharply since 2011, new figures show. 7,490 people from 12 eastern countries, including the Baltic countries Poland, Belarus, and the Ukraine, were…
MoreCoins thrown at Danish IMF representative
A Greek man was detained by Athens police on Tuesday after throwing a fistful of coins at Danish IMF representative Poul Thomsen outside the finance ministry, the state-run Athens News Agency said. Mr…
MoreNew book: Fogh was a warmonger
A new biography casts a harsh light on NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen’s premiership of Denmark between 2001-2009. Although the debate about the ex-PM’s political legacy since he left office has mainly…
MoreJyske Bank reports DR TV to police
Jyske Bank in Switzerland has reported public service TV network DR (Danmark’s Radio) to the police for using hidden cameras in a programme about tax shelters. In a documentary aired last night, an…
MoreDanish nationals use shell companies for tax avoidance
An increasing number of Danish nationals have set up shell companies in the British Virgin Islands. A massive leaked list of offshore tax haven account holders, containing the names of 1,000 wealthy people…
MoreFaroes’ fishing dispute creates EU headache for Denmark
The government of the Faroe Islands launched a trade dispute at the World Trade Organization on Monday to challenge a European Union ban on imports of Faroese herring and mackerel and restrictions on…
More‘Red’ Copenhagen could turn ‘blue’….in 2021
Copenhagen Town Hall, normally a bastion of left-wing politics, could have a right-wing majority in place by 2021. It might not happen at this month’s local government elections, or in 2017, but ever…
MoreMore GGGI trouble for Løkke
In the controversy that won’t go away, Liberal leader Lars Løkke Rasmussen has been forced to admit that he did in fact receive nearly DKK9,000 in subsistence allowance from the Green Global Growth…
MoreAfghan authorites still have a long way to go says Minister
After his final visit to Kabul and the Helmand province before Danish advisors pull out, Development Aid Minister Christian Friis Bach said there’s still a great deal of work to be done before…
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