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Two jailed in speedy money laundering trail….Danske Bank makes work at home permanent….Danish Crown pulls out of China deal… Two of the six men arrested earlier this week in connection with alleged money…
MoreClimate Council: Stop the bidding for North Sea tenders
The Danish Council on Climate Change (Klimarådet) has recommended the government stops the bidding process for new tenders to extract oil and gas in the North Sea. In a new report the Council…
MoreLeft-wing allies urge government to stop North Sea oil venture
Parties on the left have urged the government to abide by the Climate Council’s recommendation to stop the eighth round of tenders for gas and oil exploration in the North Sea. The Socialist…
MorePM to push Denmark’s budget demands via video conference
Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen will be forced to fight for Denmark’s proposal for a lower EU budget from afar after the European Council announced a video conference for EU leaders on June 19th….
MoreMajority support for government’s bid to cap EU budget
A cross-party majority has lined up behind the government’s efforts to cap the EU’s long-term budget. Following a Finance Ministry estimate that the budget proposal put forward by the EU Commission will cost…
More6 nabbed for multi-million VAT, tax fraud
The State Prosecutor’s Office for Serious Economic and International Crime (SØIK), popularly known as the fraud squad, raided 22 homes and businesses in the greater Copenhagen region, Wednesday, in connection with an investigation…
MoreJobless surge could lead to more ghettoes
The dramatic rise in unemployment could lead to more public housing areas being classified as ghettoes. A new study by the Association of Public Housing warns that rising unemployment leads to lower income…
MoreEmployees scared of reporting virus aid fraud
The threat of being fired is stopping employees from reporting coronavirus aid fraud, according to trade unions. The Teknisk Landsforbund (The Danish Association of Professional Technicians) a trade union for technicians and designers,…
MoreBlack Lives Matter leader attacks Støjberg: ‘Lock Her Up’
Danish demonstrators echoed Donald Trump supporters during Monday’s Black Lives Matters demonstration in Copenhagen by screaming ’lock her up’ when former integration minister Inger Støjberg was named. Although the demonstration was purportedly a…
MoreDenmark’s EU ‘fee’ set to rise by 34%
If the EU Commission’s proposal for EU’s long-term budget is passed Denmark’s contribution will increase by 34% annually – around DKK6.6bn ($1bn) – a new Finance Ministry projection shows. Denmark and its partners…
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