Posted on 13. Nov, 2018 in: News

Banks’ lobbyist ignored watchdog’s warnings

The Financial Supervisory Authority (FSA) received four written warnings regarding suspicious trading at Danske Bank’s Estonian branch when the agency was headed by Ulrik Nodgaard, now head of Finance Denmark, a lobbying group…

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Posted on 13. Nov, 2018 in: News

Finland link to Danske Bank scandal?

In addition to various investigations into the Danske Bank money laundering scandal, political parties are now asking questions as to whether its controversial Estonian branch was used for illicit trading when it was…

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Posted on 13. Nov, 2018 in: News

Business shorts

Power cable links Denmark and Netherlands /Passenger figures on the rise at Copenhagen Airport A subsea power cable set to link the networks of Denmark and the Netherlands reached the Dutch coast last…

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Posted on 12. Nov, 2018 in: News

PM backs Macron, denounces nationalism

Turning your back on the rest of the world will only lead to distress and malcontent, Prime Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen warned last night after attending a Paris ceremony to mark the centenary…

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Posted on 12. Nov, 2018 in: News

DPP urges government to copy Germany’s family reunification rules

The Danish People’s Party (DPP) is standing firm on its demand for a ‘German-like’ cap on family reunification for immigrants. After a new round of budget negotiations with the government, Saturday, party whip…

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Posted on 12. Nov, 2018 in: News

Lawmakers move to restrict surveillance technology exports to dictatorships

A political majority has backed moves to restrict exports of cyber surveillance equipment to dictator states. Following left-wing daily Information’s revelations that Denmark has exported ‘enough technology to keep the whole populations of Saudi…

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Posted on 12. Nov, 2018 in: News

Social fraud back in Copenhagen

64-year-old Britta Nielsen, suspected of embezzling DKK111m from the Danish social authorities, was arrested at Copenhagen Airport on Friday, a day after a South African court freed her after she was arrested on an international…

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Posted on 12. Nov, 2018 in: News

Italian murderess avoids deportation

The High Court has dismissed an appeal from a 59-year-old Italian woman against her 6-year prison sentence for ordering a hit man to murder her boyfriend but quashed her deportation order as she’s…

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Posted on 12. Nov, 2018 in: News

A.P. Møller forces new chairman on Danske Bank

A career civil servant is set to become the new chairman of Danske Bank. A.P. Moller-Mærsk, the bank’s biggest shareholder who last week demanded the removal of current chair Ole Andersen after he…

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Posted on 12. Nov, 2018 in: News

Dip in exports threatens growth

Danish exports declined in September even though the global economy continues to grow – a ‘worrying sign’ according to leading economists. The latest Statistics Denmark show exports, excluding ships, aircraft, fuel, etc. decreased…

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