Mærsk pays less than 4% tax on DKK117bn earnings
A.P. Møller-Maersk (APM) published its 2021 financial report, Wednesday showing the biggest-ever annual profit in the history of Denmark. The company reported record earnings of DKK117.5bn yet paid only DKK4.5b in tax, leading…
MoreMette fires warning shot at Putin
If Russia invades Ukraine it will trigger a fierce reaction of ‘massive political and economic repercussions’ from the western world, Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen told parliament, Tuesday. While declining to go into detail…
MoreMilitary experts: Denmark finally taking Russian threat seriously
Denmark’s increased level of military preparedness is the first sign that the Russian threat is being taken seriously in this country, experts said yesterday after Danish Defence announced it was assembling a combat…
MoreNo movement on government’s offshore asylum plan
The government still hasn’t found a country outside the EU willing to host a processing centre for asylum seekers, twelve months after Immigration Minister said the plans were ‘well advanced’ and the first…
MoreConvicted Iranian spies defend ‘legitimate’ project
The guilty verdict handed down to three Iranian nationals last week for espionage against Iran and promoting terrorism will provide the government in Teheran with an excuse to carry out a number of executions…
MoreHuman rights organisation denounces Denmark’s ‘racist’ ghetto policy
The Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Monitor has denounced Denmark’s anti-ghetto legislation as ‘disguised racism’. In a new report published this week, the independent, nonprofit organisation for the protection of human rights, popularly known as Euro-Med Monitor, describes the ghetto…
MoreVirus updates
Positivity rate hits new high…’R’ rate remains stable as infections fall in Copenhagen…New York Times reports on Denmark’s ‘party atmosphere’ … 49,798 new corona cases were confirmed, Tuesday, as nearly 1 in 3 (32%)…
MoreExports down, imports up
A decline in exports caused the balance of payments surplus to fall in December, to DKK 14.1bn ($2.1bn) from DKK 18.2bn ($2.8bn) in November. The latest Statistics Denmark figures show exports decreased 2.1…
MoreNew defence minister: Arms to Ukraine still a possibility
New defence minister, Morten Bødskov, has declined to rule out supplying Ukraine with arms and military hardware. In an interview with TV2 last night Mr Bødskov, who only replaced Trine Bramsen on Friday,…
MorePresident Biden makes Nord Stream 2 threat
US President Joe Biden warned yesterday that the controversial Russia-Germany Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline project, which passes through Denmark’s territorial waters in the Baltic Sea, would be closed down if Russia invades Ukraine….
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