Tax Minister: Heads will roll
Tax Minister Karsten Lauritzen has warned that public officials could be facing prosecution in the multi-billion tax fraud affair. He said it’s too early to say to what extent former ministers, heads of…
MoreFinance Minister says no to Gazprom
Finance Minister Claus Hjort Frederiksen has said he would be ’very unhappy’ if Russian gas giant Gazprom became a co-owner of DONG energy after a stock-market listing. In an interview with Bloomberg News,…
MoreDanish jets may have caused Iraqi deaths
Danish F16 fighter jets could have been responsible for civilian deaths in an attack in Iraq on August 30th. The countries in the international coalition at war with the Islamic State have launched…
MoreInterest rate hike in the pipeline
Faced with the prospect of a new housing bubble, analysts believe the National Bank is preparing to increase interest rates after data showed the Bank used a record amount of its foreign reserves…
MoreBusiness shorts
Bestseller launches foundation to fight poverty / New China-DK route launched/ Danish farmworkers no.1 in productivity Bestseller: Multi millionaire Anders Holch Povlsen, owner of the global fashion company Besteller, has set up an…
MoreMEP: Liberals playing ‘Russian roulette’ with Europe’s stability
Liberal MEP Jens Rohde has accused his own party of ‘playing Russian roulette with Europe’s, and Denmark’s, stability’ by refusing to support a pan-EU solution to the ever-growing refugee problem. Although the ruling…
MoreFinance Minister on the euro, climate, and migration
If it was up to Finance Minister Claus Hjort Frederiksen Denmark would have discarded the krone and adopted the euro a long time ago. In an interview with Bloomberg News Mr Frederiksen says Denmark’s…
MoreGovernment to review citizenship applications
The government is to review thousands of applications for citizenship from people who had originally been exempted from the mandatory Danish language test because of war-related traumas. Normally, parliament passes laws twice a…
MoreSocial Democrats back call for citizenship restrictions
The Social Democrats are ready to go even further than the government in restricting the right to Danish citizenship. The ruling Liberals believe it’s far too easy today to become a Danish citizen…
MoreLA leader: No such thing as social dumping
The term ’social dumping’ is an invention of the trade union movement to protect unrealistically high Danish wages, according to Liberal Alliance (LA) leader Anders Samuelsen. In an interview with the union-backed weekly…
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