6 more charged in share dividend scam
Six more people have been charged in the multi-billion share-dividend scam. In January two British nationals – Sanjay Shah and Anthony Mark Patterson – were formally charged by Danish prosecutors with unlawfully defrauding…
MoreTop MP accused of intimidating critics
One of Denmark’s most high-profile politicians, Conservative MP Naser Khader, has been given a rap on the knuckles by party leader Søren Pape Poulsen following allegations of intimidation. Mr Khader took sick leave…
MoreNew poll: Conservatives surge as Liberals slump
The controversy surrounding Naser Khader comes at a bad time for the Conservatives who are enjoying their highest level of support for 25 years. The latest Gallup poll indicates the party, led by…
MoreMass defection of Liberal voters
211.421 Liberal (Venstre) voters have ’defected’ to the Conservatives since the 2019 election, around 5% of the electorate, a new study of voting trends by Professor Kasper Møller Hansen of Copenhagen University shows….
MorePM says no to Sputnik V
Denmark won’t be buying Russia’s Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine until it’s approved by the European Medicines Agency (EMA). Hungary and Slovakia are, so far, the only EU countries to order the vaccine but…
MoreVirus updates
Slight dip in infections…. Johnson & Johnson vaccines arrive tomorrow…..104.824 vaccinated in ‘dummy run’ 514 new corona cases were reported, Monday, 177 down on the previous day although there were 70,000 fewer tests….
MoreSlight increase in Danes’ lifespan bucks EU trend
Denmark was one of only two EU countries that saw an increase in life expectancy last year. New Eurostat figures show the average lifespan rose by a slight 0.15% of a year in…
MoreFrench company wins $3bn DSB deal
France’s Alstom has won the DKK20bn ($3bn) contract to supply state-owned rail network DSB with 100 new electric trains. In the biggest order ever placed by DSB, Alstom will deliver at least 100…
MoreFinally…Løkke launches new party
After months of speculation Lars Løkke Rasmussen has finally confirmed he’s starting a new political party. The former prime minister made the announcement in a self-penned article in tabloid daily BT, Saturday, 24…
MoreLøkke’s new party facing political ‘black hole’ in the centre
Lars Løkke Rasmussen’s new party could win up to 6-7% of the vote at the next election without causing too much damage to the centre-left bloc, according to leading political commentator Henrik Qvortrup…
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