Vestager targets Google again
Danish EU Competition Commissioner Margrethe Vestager has stepped up the fight against Google by alleging its shopping and advertising-related practices breach EU rules. At a press conference in Brussels, Thursday, she said: “Google…
MoreDenmark 2nd most innovative in EU
Denmark is ranked number 2 on the European Commission’s 2016 ‘European Innovation Scoreboard’, which finds that EU innovation is catching up with Japan and the US. Sweden is once more the EU innovation…
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DONG sells 10% of oil business / APM fights for Guatemala port / Siemens to pay sick workers DONG: Partially state-owned DONG Energy has announced plans to divests its ownership shares in five…
MoreUSA should be asked about Iraq war memo
The government should request permission from the USA to publish confidential paperwork regarding Denmark’s motive for going to war in Iraq, a leading media analyst said yesterday after parliament’s ombudsman ruled that the Ministry…
MoreCall for trafficking inquiry
The Social Democrats and Danish People’s Party have joined together to demand a full inquiry into the so-called ‘hornets’ nest affair’ in which criminal ringleaders exploited Romanian migrants in what has been termed…
MoreGovernment creates loophole for money launderers
Although the government is determined to crack down on money laundering, tax evasion, and terrorism financing, it put forward a bill, Wednesday, aimed at easing demands on the financial sector. Since 2012, banks…
MoreMinistries in agriculture cover-up
The Red/Greens have summoned Justice Minister Søren Pind to a parliamentary consultation to explain why various ministries have removed sensitive information from documents concerning the government’s controversial agriculture bill, which led to the…
MoreDefence Minister faces grilling on veteran murder
Defence Minister Peter Christensen has been asked to explain whether Danish Army veterans are receiving adequate psychological help when they return home from combat abroad, after a soldier who served in Bosnia during…
MoreRussia ready to discuss Baltic airspace concerns
Russia is willing to discuss security and safety issues in Baltic airspace, NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said last night following a meeting of the NATO-Russia Council at NATO headquarters in Brussels. The threat…
MoreMinister calls for sanctions against budget-busting countries
EU countries that continually run budget deficits should be hit with sanctions, Finance Minister Claus Hjort Frederiksen said on arrival in Brussels, Tuesday, for a meeting of the economic and financial affairs council…
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