Posted on 05. Jul, 2019 in: News

Paludan loses racism appeal

Anti-Islamist Rasmus Paludan has lost his appeal against a conditional 14-day prison sentence for racism. The High Court yesterday upheld Glostrup District’s Court’s decision from April when the ‘Stram Kurs’ (Hard Line) leader was…

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Posted on 05. Jul, 2019 in: News

Share-dividend lawyers ordered to pay back millions

Four lawyers employed to investigate the DKK12.7bn share dividend scandal have been ordered to pay back their million-kroner fees after the Danish Law & Bar Society found they were involved in a conflict of interest….

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Posted on 05. Jul, 2019 in: News

Fraud squad widens Danske Bank probe

The State Prosecutor’s Office for Serious Economic and International Crime, popularly known as the fraud squad, has widened its ongoing investigation of Danske Bank to include the bank’s decision to fire an independent company…

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Posted on 05. Jul, 2019 in: News

Negative interest on government bonds

Denmark has become the first developed economy this year to offer negative interest on government bonds. Reuters reports how Denmark, which was among the first to introduce negative rates in 2012, sold 10-year…

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Posted on 05. Jul, 2019 in: News

Banks get new safety buffer

The government has increased the counter-cyclical buffer for banks to 1.5% from 1% from June next year to ensure they use the current upswing to prepare for the bad times that may lay…

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Posted on 05. Jul, 2019 in: News

Finance sector resists EU capital demand

Despite the agreed increase in banks’ counter-cyclical buffer the Danish financial industry is preparing to resist new global rules regarding capital, claiming they’re ‘unnecessary’ and will damage the economy, Bloomberg News Reports. “Basel…

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Posted on 05. Jul, 2019 in: News

Business shorts

$5m investment in tatoos / US boost for Danish sperm test / Tour de France ‘exaggeration’…. A group of wealthy Danes, such as ex-Liverpool footballer Daniel Agger, Hummel boss Christian Stadil, and Games…

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Posted on 04. Jul, 2019 in: News

Immigration minister relaxes rules at refugee centre

The new government continues to ease up on its predecessor’s strict interpretation of the rules for refugees and asylum seekers. Integration Minister Mattias Tesfaye issued a new set of guidelines, Wednesday, for failed…

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Posted on 04. Jul, 2019 in: News

New policy won’t help many refugees

Very few refugees will benefit from the government’s move to allow those who’ve been in Denmark for at least two years, and have a job, to apply for permanent residency, Jyllands Posten reports….

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Posted on 04. Jul, 2019 in: News

Paludan appeals racism rap at High Court

The High Court will today hear anti-Islamist Rasmus Paludan’s appeal against a 14-day conditional prison sentence for racism. In April this year Mr Paludan, leader of the nationalist ‘Stram Kurs’ (Hard Line) party that failed…

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7:59 – Danish News Today, is the most reliable source of daily Danish news in English for diplomats, the ex-pat community, the business sector, or anyone in Denmark or abroad seeking an insight into what’s happening in Denmark right now.

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