Green car operator files for bancruptcy
Electric car network operator Better Place has been forced to file for bankruptcy. The company has set up battery-charging stations and battery-switching services throughout Denmark but the number of electric cars on the…
MoreCheating doctors
A number of doctors and physicians have been caught issuing false invoices to the local health authorities for consultations that never took place. One psychiatrist allegedly demanded payment for 159 consultations with a…
MoreLøkke’s trip that never was
Former prime minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen allegedly ‘invented’ an official trip abroad so he could delay giving testimony to the Stateless Commission, currently investigating allegations of a cover up during his time in…
MoreEconomy Minister: Government policy based on choice not necessity
Minister for the Economy Margrethe Vestager says she’s tired that the government is constantly on the back foot and is forced to defend its policies as ‘what’s necessary´ during the crisis. She said the crisis has…
MorePind kept quiet about corrupt minister
Former Development Minister Søren Pind failed to inform parliament in 2010 about a major corruption issue involving Danish aid funding to Afghanistan. Mr Pind said the Danish government took the allegations against Minister…
MoreDenmark holds EU record in break-ins
Denmark suffers the highest amount of break-ins in the EU, leading to calls for increased efforts in burglary prevention. The latest Eurostat figures show Denmark has 809 break-ins per 1,000 citizens, four times…
MoreMemo to the unemployed – make yourselves useful
The government has ordered local authorities to set up at least 5,000 community jobs this year so the long-term unemployed can make themselves useful by cleaning the streets, cutting hedges for pensioners, picking…
MoreDanish troops filmed abuse in Iraq – ‘probably’
Danish Chief of Defence Peter Bartram says it’s ‘highly probable’ that Danish soldiers in Iraq filmed locals being beaten during Operation Green Desert in Iraq but, despite a lengthy investigation, can’t say why….
MoreGovernment eases rules for citizenship
The government and Red/Green Alliance have reached agreement on new legislation that will make it easier for immigrants to acquire Danish citizenship. Language requirements will be lowered and the controversial citizenship exam will…
MoreA third of all foreign construction workers are underpaid
One in three of all foreign employees in the construction sector are underpaid and working in unsafe conditions. A trade union check-up of 1,500 building sites, Thursday, revealed that 625 were manned by…
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