Submarine slayer clams up
Inventor Peter Madsen, the alleged ‘submarine slayer’, is refusing to speak to police investigators following the discovery of his victim, Kim Wall’s decapitated head and legs in the sea off Copenhagen last week….
MoreGoldman Sachs sheds Dong stake: Ex-PM warns of ‘democratic scandal’
Goldman Sachs has announced its intention to shed its remaining 2.7% stake in partially state-owned Dong Energy, ending three years of a turbulent relationship. Luxembourg company New Energy Investment Sarl (NEI), which is…
MoreFrance launches investigation into Danske Bank money laundering
The money-laundering scandal continues to haunt Danske Bank. The French authorities have now launched an investigation into allegations of money laundering concerning transactions carried out by customers of the Estonian branch of Denmark’s…
MoreBusiness organisation: EU ‘Brexit’ workers at risk should come to Denmark
Denmark’s leading business organisation has issued a ‘come and join us’ invitation to EU citizens living in the UK who could be forced to leave because of Brexit. The Confederation of Danish Industry…
MorePension fund drops Israeli companies
One of Denmark’s biggest pension funds has dropped four companies from its investment portfolio for their links to Israeli settlements in the occupied Palestinian territory. In a press release Sampension said two Israeli…
MoreDenmark challenges EU on maritime emissions
Denmark will resist the EU Parliament’s efforts to regulate maritime CO2 emissions. Brussels has called on the EU Commission to impose an EU-wide 30% reduction target for emissions of C02 and pollutants by…
MorePM calls for stiffer deportation rules
The legal interpretation of human rights conventions has been watered down so much there’s a need for new laws, Prime Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen said yesterday after a Copenhagen court declined to deport…
MoreThorning ‘stabbed’ close ally in the back
It was ex-prime minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt who personally decided that her closest political ally and ‘right-hand man’ Henrik Sass Larsen shouldn’t be given a cabinet position when the centre-left coalition was formed in…
MoreStøjberg misled parliament
Integration Minister Inger Støjberg has admitted she gave incorrect information to a parliamentary consultation regarding the child brides affair. On the 23rd of June the Minister acknowledged that refugee couples who had been…
MoreEmployers fear labour shortage as neighbouring economies grow
Employers have expressed concern that the falling rate of unemployment in neighbouring countries is making it increasingly difficult to attract the foreign manpower needed to fuel the economic recovery. A new study by…
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