Finance, tax scandals on election agenda
The Danske Bank money laundering scandal and the Tax Authority’s (SKAT) multi-billion share dividend-tax fraud will have major implications for the general election to be held before June 2019, according to US new…
MoreLøkke on Arctic patrol
Prime Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen spent Friday night in the arctic wilderness of north-east Greenland as a guest of the Sirius Dog Sled Patrol (Siriuspatruljen), an elite Danish naval unit. In a Ministry of State press…
MoreRussian protest against NATO exercise
Russia’s embassy in Oslo has protested against the NATO military exercise, Trident Juncture, that got underway in Norway last week with around 50,000 troops from 31 countries. Denmark has sent more than 1,000 soldiers,…
MoreDanes satisfied with work/life balance
Around half of the Danish population are satisfied with their work/life balance, compared to just one in six in Romania. The high ‘satisfaction factor’ puts Denmark at number 2 on a new EU…
MoreInvestors desert Danske Bank
Wealthy investors have turned their back on Danske Bank in the wake of money laundering scandal. A new survey from Swedish consultancy firm Prospera shows Danske is now the least preferred of the…
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Retail sales up / Danish companies invest in UK to counter Brexit / SAS upgrade at airport The retail sales index rose 0.7 percent in September from a year earlier. The latest Statistics…
MoreThe Week That Was, October 22nd – 28th 201
Politics/Economy: Although the Danish People’s Party (DPP) and Social Democrats (S) have moved closer together on a number of issues over the past couple of years, new figures showed the main opposition party…
MoreArmy boss accused of nepotism, abuse of power
The Chief of Staff of the Danish army has been suspended pending an investigation into allegations of nepotism and abuse of power. The Defence Ministry said Major General Hans-Christian Mathiesen is to be…
MoreDefence Minister’s warning to Russia
Ahead of the 31-country NATO exercise that got underway in Norway, Thursday, Defence Minister Claus Hjort Frederiksen and his Nordic counterparts issued a warning in Dagens Nyheter, one of Sweden’s largest newspapers. In…
MoreNew poll signals tight race as Social Liberals gain ground
A new poll projects a an extremely tight race in the general election that’s required to be held before June next year. The latest Megafon voter survey shows 49.4% of the electorate would…
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