Posted on 06. Sep, 2019 in: News

Løkke rejects DKK4m offer to start new party

Former defence minister Claus Hjort Frederiksen has dismissed rumours that dethroned Liberal leader Lars Løkke Rasmussen is exploring the possibility of starting a new party. In an interview with TV2 News Mr Frederiksen…

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Posted on 06. Sep, 2019 in: News

Still no indictment against Iran assassination suspect

A 39-year-old Norwegian-Iranian man who was detained last year on suspicion of helping an Iranian intelligence agency carry out an assassination in this country was remanded in custody for a further four weeks,…

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Posted on 06. Sep, 2019 in: News

US Ambassador at White House

U.S. Ambassador to Denmark Carla Sands visited the White House, Thursday, where according to reports she held talks with National Security Advisor John Bolton regarding the Arctic, energy security, trade, and boosting ties…

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Posted on 06. Sep, 2019 in: News

Queen offers open invitation to Trump

Queen Margrethe has offered an informal invitation to President Trump to visit Denmark ‘whenever he has the time.’ Despite claims that the president insulted the monarchy when he abruptly cancelled his state visit…

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Posted on 06. Sep, 2019 in: News

Debt mountain grows as new system fails

The Danish Debt Collection Agency (Gældsstyrelsen) is still struggling to recover the DKK118bn owed by the public in the form of unpaid taxes, VAT, train fines, TV licence, parking tickets, or other debt to the…

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Posted on 06. Sep, 2019 in: News

Fraud Squad boss sent home

The head of the State Prosecutor’s Office for Serious Economic and International Crime (SØIK), popularly known as the fraud squad, has been relieved of his duties with immediate effect. Morten Niels Jakobsen, head…

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Posted on 06. Sep, 2019 in: News

Danske Bank reshuffles management team to rebuild confidence

In a major management re-shuffle Danske Bank has headhunted Stephan Engels from Commerzbank to lead the clean-up operation following the money laundering scandal. As the new finance chief Mr Engels has been given…

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Posted on 05. Sep, 2019 in: News

Liberals get their ‘dream team’

As expected, Jakob Ellemann-Jensen formally announced his bid to become Liberal Party leader, Wednesday, part of a ‘dream ticket’ with former immigration minister Inger Støjberg who’s running for deputy leader. Mr Ellemann-Jensen praised…

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Posted on 05. Sep, 2019 in: News

Allies on the right rally round ‘dynamic duo’

Opposition parties have welcomed the Liberals’ potential ‘dynamic duo’ leadership of Jakob Ellemann-Jensen and Inger Støjberg. Conservative leader Søren Pape Poulsen, who in an interview with Berlingske last month accused former prime minister…

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Posted on 05. Sep, 2019 in: News

Inger Støjberg: I’m no crown princess

Inger Støjberg has rejected she’s now the natural ’crown princess’ of the Liberals after announcing her candidacy for deputy leader, Wednesday. Ahead of last November’s annual conference the former immigration minister stated very…

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