Denmark can’t act unilaterally on diplomatic immunity says ex-UN ambassador
Lifting diplomatic immunity so diplomats can be punished is ‘unrealistic and complicated’, Denmark’s former UN Ambassador Tyge Lehman said yesterday in response to reports that 19 diplomats who’ve committed a criminal offence in…
MoreRussian ambassador: We aren’t isolated
In an interview with Berlingske, Russia’s ambassador to Denmark, Mikhail Vanin, states very firmly that his country is far from being isolated, as claimed by the USA and EU, and still has many…
MoreCurrency exchange bureau suspected of money laundering
A well-known Copenhagen foreign exchange bureau is suspected of laundering drug money from Christiania. The police’s Task Force Pusher Street unit seized DKK2.5m and arrested three alleged kingpins, Monday, suspected of supplying cannabis…
MoreDutch bank pursues OW Bunker money
Danish fuel supplier OW Bunker, which filed for bankruptcy in Denmark earlier this month after it revealed losses of at least $125 million at one of its Singapore-based subsidiaries, Dynamic Oil Trading, will…
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Grundfos fires 405 / Carlsberg merger in Greece / Matas growth Grundfos: Global industrial pump company Grundfos has reacted to a drop in earnings and rising costs by firing 405 workers, including 133…
MoreSanctions against Russia are working says Lidegaard
The EU’s foreign ministers have agreed to move towards placing more Ukrainian separatists under sanctions but not to increase sanctions on Russia, despite concern over escalating violence. Although Foreign Minister Martin Lidegaard had…
MoreDane implicated in Islamic State slaughter video
A Danish national could be amongst the Western jihadists in the brutal video by the Islamic State group claiming the beheading of US aid worker Peter Kassig and 18 Syrian military personnel. The…
MoreTerror suspect threatens witness: You’re going to hell
A Frederiksberg court was told yesterday how notorious Danish Islamist Said Mansour threatened ex-Danish Intelligence (PET) double agent Morten Storm that he would ‘be tortured and end up in hell’ for writing on…
MoreDiplomats should be stripped of immunity say politicians
The Danish People’s Party (DPP) and Socialist People’s Party (SPP) have called for diplomatic immunity to be annulled so that foreign diplomats can be punished for crimes committed in Denmark. Diplomatic immunity is a…
MoreVoters want to dump justice opt-out
A majority of voters are ready to shed Denmark’s EU opt-out on freedom, security and justice. As the leaders of parliament’s pro-EU parties gather today to negotiate the framework for a new EU…
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