NETS sold to US-led consortium in €3.1bn deal
US private equity firms Advent International and Bain Capital, alongside Danish state-owned pension fund ATP, have agreed to pay DKK17bn ($3.1 billion) for Danish card payment services company, NETS, which services 33 million…
MoreCompanies accused of payslip fraud for migrant workers
Danish companies stand accused of manipulating the payslips of Eastern European workers in order to underpay them. According to Jyllands-Posten, by halving the actual amount of hours worked, without altering the monthly salary,…
MoreTax laws a threat to civil rights
Politicians’ eagerness to implement new tax legislation is a growing problem for civil rights, according to the Conservatives. In response to a new study by right-leaning think-tank CEPOS, showing that a third of…
MoreHelle’s hubby to stand at 2015 UK election
Prime Minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt’s husband, Stephen Kinnock, has been selected as a Labour candidate at the 2015 UK general election. Mr Kinnock, son of former Labour leader Neil Kinnock, won a run-off in…
MoreRussian gas pipeline should never have been allowed
Two former Liberal foreign ministers have criticised the former Lib/Con coalition for approving the laying of the Russian-dominated gas pipeline, Nord Stream, in Danish territorial waters under the Baltic Sea. As the crisis…
MoreDenmark fails on children’s rights
Denmark’s treatment of children who arrive here as asylum seekers or immigrants is strongly criticised in a new report by the Council of Europe’s Commissioner for Human Rights Nils Muižnieks. In the report…
MorePublic Prosecutor conceals brother’s VAT scam
Questions are being asked as to why Public Prosecutor Mohammad Ahsan failed to inform the Attorney General’s office about his brother’s involvement in a DKK50m VAT scam. Although the Attorney General has stated…
MoreDevelopment Minister takes gay rights battle to Uganda
Development Aid Minister Mogens Jensen made a quick visit to Uganda on Saturday to personally voice concern about the country’s new anti-gay law. In a meeting with Ugandan health minister Ruhakana Rugunda, Mr…
MoreThe Week That Was, March 17th – March 23rd, 2014
Politics/Economy The Danish National Bank lowered its growth projection for 2014 to a maximum 1.4% this year, 0.1 percentage points down on last December’s forecast, but foresees 1.7% growth next year and 1.9%…
MoreNew sanctions against Russia send a ‘strong message’ says Thorning
The EU has slapped sanctions on another 12 individuals over Russia’s annexation of Crimea from Ukraine – a ‘strong message to Moscow that it’s behaviour is unacceptable’, Danish Prime Minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt said…
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