Posted on 08. Jun, 2018 in: News

Muslim school loses public funding: ‘Failing in democracy’

A Muslim free school in Aarhus is facing closure after losing its state-funded education grant. ‘Lykkeskolen’ has also been ordered to pay back all funding received since April 2017 when it was originally placed…

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Posted on 08. Jun, 2018 in: News

UAE embassy issues burka warning

The United Arab Emirates’ (UAE) embassy in Copenhagen has issued a warning to its citizens they could face a hefty fine if the violate the ban on face covering veils passed by the…

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Posted on 08. Jun, 2018 in: News

Cash windfall for local authorites

Finance Minister Kristian Jensen has backed down and agreed to give local authorities an extra DKK800m for infrastructure projects, after originally threatening to cut DKK1bn from their 2019 budget. Mr Jensen attributed his…

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Posted on 08. Jun, 2018 in: News

Foreign fighters plead not guilty

Four young Muslims have pleaded not guilty to the charge they attempted to become foreign fighters in Syria for the Islamic State. Glostrup District Court heard how the two men and two women…

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Posted on 08. Jun, 2018 in: News

Vestager attacks Google…again

Denmark’s EU Competition Commissioner Margrethe Vestager is lining up a new hefty fine for Google. Ms Vestager has accused the search and mobile software giant of forcing phone makers to install its apps in return…

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Posted on 08. Jun, 2018 in: News

‘Happy times’ for banking sector

Danish banks are swimming in cash – the sector’s collective earnings increased by 20% last year and the ‘bottom line’ has grown by nearly 400% over the past three years, the latest Danish…

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Posted on 08. Jun, 2018 in: News

Public-private fund to fight poverty

The government and six pension funds have joined together to launch a DKK4.1bn ($650 million) investment fund aimed at promoting Danish technology and fighting poverty and climate change in developing countries. Danish SDG…

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Posted on 07. Jun, 2018 in: News

Putin critic pushes for Magnitsky law in Denmark

London-based financier William Browder, a prominent critic of Vladimir Putin, testified before a parliamentary hearing in Copenhagen, Wednesday, in an effort to convince Denmark to become the eighth country to adopt the so-called ‘Magnitsky…

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Posted on 07. Jun, 2018 in: News

Defence Minister rejects U.S. spy claims against Russian pipeline

Defence Minister Claus Hjort Frederiksen has dismissed U.S. claims that Russia intends to use the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline to spy on the west. U.S. Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Energy…

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Posted on 07. Jun, 2018 in: News

Denmark reprimanded for party funding

Denmark has again been criticised for a lack of transparency regarding financial contributions to political parties. A new report by GRECO (Group of States Against Corruption), the Council of Europe anti-corruption body, concludes that only a…

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