Swiss company, fearing US sanctions, pulls out of pipeline
Switzerland-based Allseas, which is in the process laying the Nord Stream 2 pipeline off the Danish coast, is pulling out of the project following the threat of US sanctions. The company, which operates…
MoreChange around at British Embassy
Mrs Emma Hopkins OBE has been appointed Her Majesty’s Ambassador to Denmark from August 2020. Ms Hopkins, currently Ambassador to Bulgaria, replaces Mr Dominic Schroeder who will be transferring to another Diplomatic Service…
MoreMPs demand apology from ‘xenophobic’ party leader
MPs have called on New Conservative leader Pernille Vermlund to apologise to all ethnic minorities for using the derogatory term ‘perker’ when describing immigrants. In a TV documentary shown on state-owned TC network…
MoreGovernment undecided on EU banking union
The government remains hesitant about Denmark’s possible participation in the EU banking union. Although a working party has delivered its recommendations, Business Minister Simon Kollerup said in a press release, Thursday, that the…
MoreEx-army boss on nepotism rap
An ex-chief of staff of the Danish army could be facing a prison term after being formally charged with abuse of power and a breach of official secrecy laws following a 12-month investigation….
MoreForeign fighter challenges passport ruling
A 25-year-old foreign fighter who was stripped of his passport last month is set to challenge the ruling. The Kurdish man with dual Turkish citizenship, known only as ‘SK’, joined the Islamic State…
MoreThai girl wins residency battle
Parliament has passed an amendment to immigration legislation that will allow Thai girl Mint and 82 other minors to achieve residency by family reunification. The case of 14-year-old Mint, who moved to Denmark…
MoreTax Ministry: High price of cigarettes will promote cross-border trade
The Tax Ministry has projected that cross border trade will rise by around DKK1.2bn (€160m) when the price of a packet of cigarettes rises to 60 kroner in 2022. In a formal response…
MoreFinancial crisis, negative interest….but banks now facing bigger threat
The Financial Supervisory Authority (FSA) has warned that Danish banks are faced with a ‘real game changer’ – the rapid spread of global internet giants such as Apple, Google, Amazon and Alibaba into financial services. In…
MoreFired defence boss in spending scandal awarded cash bonus, re-hired
The head of the Danish Ministry of Defence Estate Agency (MDEA) who was fired on December 7th for his role in the military invoices scandal was awarded nearly DKK700,000 ($110,000) in severance pay…
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