Posted on 15. Jan, 2020 in: News

Fringe parties call for legalisation of hard drugs

The pro-business Liberal Alliance and far-left Red/Greens, the polar opposites of Danish politics, have joined together to support a radical proposal by the Alternatives to decriminalise hard drugs for personal use. According to…

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Posted on 15. Jan, 2020 in: News

Major loopholes in tax controls

The lack of internal controls at the Tax Ministry could have paved the way for widespread fraud such as the Britta Nielsen  scandal according to a yet to be published report by the…

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Posted on 15. Jan, 2020 in: News

Jensen degraded but not excluded

Kristian Jensen has been given a rap on the knuckles but he isn’t a finished man within the Liberals, party leader Jacob Ellemann Jensen said yesterday after briefing MPs on the situation surrounding…

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Posted on 15. Jan, 2020 in: News

Foreign Minister on green mission in India

Foreign Minister Jeppe Kofod has arrived in India for a two-day visit where green issues and Denmark’s climate goals will be high on the agenda. The Minister will hold talks with his Indian…

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Posted on 15. Jan, 2020 in: News

Business shorts

Maersk Drilling and French oil company Total have announced plans to drill the deepest offshore well in history off the south west African coast. As part of a campaign that aims to strengthen…

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Posted on 14. Jan, 2020 in: News

Denmark moves ahead with Iraq training mission

Although the majority of Danish personnel have been relocated from the Al-Asad air base in western Iraq that was attacked by Iranian war planes last week, Denmark is still ready to assume leadership…

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Posted on 14. Jan, 2020 in: News

Denmark gives DKK5m to strengthen Iraq’s judicial system

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs, alongside the United Nations Investigative Team to Promote Accountability for Crimes Committed by Da’esh/ISIL (UNITAD) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to implement a project aimed at strengthening…

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Posted on 14. Jan, 2020 in: News

Danish jet fuel supplier helped Russian military circumvent sanctions

New information reveals that Danish company Dan-Bunkering made suspicious, multi-million payments to help Russian companies circumvent sanctions. Based on U.S. court documents, DR News reports how Dan Bunkering, already heavily implicated in a…

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Posted on 14. Jan, 2020 in: News

Kristian Jensen, dumped by his own party, praised by PM

Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen has praised Kristian Jensen’s call for more long-term, across the centre, reform policy to finance future expenditure on welfare, infrastructure, and green conversion. The former deputy Liberal leader was…

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Posted on 14. Jan, 2020 in: News

Ex-minister looks for job outside politics

Under pressure former foreign minister Kristian Jensen is reportedly considering whether to quit politics to become head of the Sports Confederation of Denmark (SCF). The current chairman of SCF steps down next year and…

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