PM cagey on Vestager’s EU Commission bid
Margrethe Vestager has done an ‘excellent job’ as EU Commissioner but it’s too early to say whether she’ll have support from Denmark to stay on in Brussels after the election, Prime Minister said…
MoreIslamic State recruiter arrives in Copenhagen today
A young Danish woman suspected of suspected of recruiting western women for the Islamic State (ISIS) has been deported from Turkey. Turkish media, including CNN Türk, report this morning that the woman, arrested…
MoreDanish-owned international company accused of suppressing democratic rights
Danish-owned ISS, one of the world’s leading facility services companies, has been accused of abusing workers’ human rights and suppressing freedom of speech by trying to ban a trade union from conducting political campaigns….
MoreMoney laundering millions flowed through Copenhagen ‘mini-bank’
One of the country’s smallest banks could have been at the centre of the biggest money laundering scandal ever on Danish territory. Financial daily Børsen reports how foreign business customers funneled up to…
MoreConsumers optimistic
Consumer confidence rose to 3.8 points in March from 3.3 points in February, matching the average of the last six months Statistics Denmark said on Thursday. The monthly survey asks a cross…
MoreLawmakers move to stop Muslim prayer gathering at Christiansborg
MPs have denounced Islamic organisation Hizb ut-Tahrir’s plan to hold Friday prayers outside parliament at Christansborg tomorrow to commemorate those who died in last week’s terrorist attack in New Zealand. Speaker of the…
MoreUndercover agent who spied on al-Qeada awarded compensation
The Danish authorities have officially acknowledged they employed an undercover agent involved in the murder of an al-Qeada leader. Although Danish Intelligence (PET) has consistently denied Morten Storm’s claim that, as a jihadist,…
MoreDenmark number 2 in happiness
Danes aren’t quite as miserable as they were last year, at least according to the 2019 World Happiness Report, released Wednesday. Finland has been crowned the happiest country in the world for the…
MoreLiberals’ policy spokeswoman denies campaign violations
The ruling Liberals’ policy spokeswoman Britt Bager has dismissed allegations she broke campaign donation laws when she received DKK100,000 in 2015 from one single donor. The rules for political donations state that a party or…
MoreEx-PM to promote blockchain technology
Ex-prime minister and former NATO secretary general Anders Fogh Rasmussen has got a new job as a ‘strategic advisor’ for billionaire Lars Seier Christensen’s latest investment, the blockchain network Concordium. Mr Christensen, who…
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