Vestager vows to continue probe of US IT giants
After being confirmed as the EU Commission’s Executive Vice President for Digital, Wednesday, Denmark’s Margrethe Vestager said the EU is still determined to push for a digital tax even if a similar move…
MoreBlackstone tries to repair tarnished image
Following widespread criticism of its dubious business practices American property investment company Blackstone is changing its name in Denmark to the more Danish sounding Kereby. The government said last month it’s exploring ways…
MoreBanks ill-equipped to deal with new financial crisis
The National Bank has expressed concern that banks are poorly prepared to face a new financial crisis. Following the bi-annual ’stress test’ that revealed some banks don’t have the necessary financial buffer to…
MoreTask force publishes recommendations to fight financial crime
Finance Denmark, the anti-money laundering task force set up last December following massive money laundering at Danske Bank’s Estonian branch, has come up with 25 recommendations on how the financial sector and the…
MoreTwo foreign fighters lose their Danish passport
Two foreign fighters have been stripped of their passport by Immigration Minister Mattias Tesfaye, the first to fall foul of new legislation passed last month. The new law allows the government to strip…
MoreGovernment struggles to stop enemy combatants from returning
11 Danish citizens who travelled abroad to fight in combat zones in or around Syria have been detained while a further 11 are still at large Justice Minister Nick Hækkerup said yesterday, citing…
MoreDenmark offers to lead NATO mission in Iraq
Denmark has offered to send more than 200 military advisors to lead the NATO training mission for Iraqi armed forces, taking over from Canada which has so far trained thousands of Iraqi troops…
MoreClimate change is Danes biggest concern
Nearly half of the Danish electorate believe climate change is the single most serious problem facing the world today. In a Eurobarometer survey of 28 European countries that asked respondents what they feel is…
More‘Black’ figures threaten government’s ‘green’ ambitions
Despite efforts to become the greenest country in the world new figures show Denmark went more ‘black’ in 2018. A new report by the Danish Energy Agency (Energistyrelsen) shows carbon (CO2) emissions rose…
MoreDanes have 2nd-highest energy bill in EU
Danish households pay the second most for electricity across the EU, slightly less than German families but nearly 30% more than the EU average. New figures from Eurostat for the second half of…
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