Posted on 08. May, 2015 in: News

Jewellery company hit with multi-million tax bill

Danish jewellery maker Pandora has agreed to pay DKK995 m ($151 million) to the Danish tax authorities, Skat, after admitting to transfer pricing between 2009 to 2014. Pandora also said its reported tax…

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Posted on 07. May, 2015 in: News

Terror report: Minister criticises ‘negligent’ police

Justice Minister Mette Frederiksen has criticised Copenhagen Police for failing to provide adequate protection for the Krystalgade synagogue in Copenhagen where a private security guard was shot dead in the February terror attack….

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Posted on 07. May, 2015 in: News

Intelligence boss quits ahead of damaging report

The head of Denmark’s intelligence agency (PET) announced his resignation on Wednesday, hours before a government report was released criticising some parts of the police response to the two fatal shooting attacks in…

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Posted on 07. May, 2015 in: News

Opposition: Government has to accept responsibility for terror failures

The opposition Liberals have called on the government to accept responsibility for the police’s mistakes during the Copenhagen terror attack. The party’s justice spokesman, Karsten Lauritzen, said yesterday’s report, which highlighted the police’s…

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Posted on 07. May, 2015 in: News

PM in UK to support husband

Prime Minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt is in the UK today to support her British husband, Stephen Kinnock, who is running for a seat in Wales where Britain’s Labour party has dominated politics since the…

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Posted on 06. May, 2015 in: News

No legal motive to stop bus campaign

Bus company Movia’s own lawyer believes there was no reason to pull the advert calling for a boycott of goods produced in Israeli settlements. In an internal memo, obtained by Politiken, the lawyer…

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Posted on 06. May, 2015 in: News

Pay with cash? No thanks

‘Cashless shops’ – one of the new proposals in the government’s latest stimulus package for the business sector that will be presented at a government seminar in Helsingør today. For a three-year trial…

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Posted on 06. May, 2015 in: News

Maersk ship to be released…or sold?

An Associated  Press report that the Maersk  Tigris cargo ship, seized by Iranian forces as it was traversing the Strait of Hormuz last month, will likely be released in two days after it…

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Posted on 06. May, 2015 in: News

Banking union membership dependent upon mortgage protection

Denmark is ready to stay outside Europe’s bank union as long as it takes to achieve a broad range of concessions for its $450 billion mortgage finance system. From Bloomberg News / Washington…

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Posted on 06. May, 2015 in: News

Energy agency shuts down fracking site

A controversial fracking site in Dybvad, northern Denmark, was shut down yesterday just two days after exploratory drilling started. Total had started drilling for shale gas on Monday, but the Danish Energy Agency intervened after it was…

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7:59 – All the Danish News That Fits

7:59 – Danish News Today, is the most reliable source of daily Danish news in English for diplomats, the ex-pat community, the business sector, or anyone in Denmark or abroad seeking an insight into what’s happening in Denmark right now.

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7:59: TODAS LAS NOTICIAS DANESAS DEL MOMENTO.
7:59-Noticias Danesas de Hoy es una nueva fuente de noticias en inglés dirigida especialmente al cuerpo diplomático, extranjeros viviendo en Dinamarca

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