Vestager sues Ireland, fines Luxembourg
Danish EU Competition Commissioner Margrethe Vestager said yesterday she is taking Ireland to court over the country’s failure to collect a huge bill for back taxes from Apple. The move came as she…
MoreAmazon eyes Denmark expansion
Online retail giant Amazon has already grabbed a third of the market for net-driven services in this country but, unlike Apple and Facebook, hasn’t yet built its own data centre here. But that…
MoreNational Bank governor plays down dip in krone
The Danish krone’s recent dip against the euro is nothing more than a ‘minor blip’, National Bank governor Lars Rohde said this week adding that the downward move had not been large enough…
MorePrime Minister’s opening speech to parliament: The main points
Prime Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen made his opening speech to parliament, Monday, the constitutionally-required ‘state of the nation’ address coupled with the government’s proposed legislative goals over the course of the next 8…
MorePM: Danish politics is more than welfare and taxes
In his opening speech to parliament, Tuesday, Prime Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen accused opposition leader Mette Frederiksen of misleading voters by reducing Danish politics to a straight choice between more welfare or lower…
MoreReaction to PM’s speech
The government should be concentrating on better cancer treatment and improving conditions for the elderly instead of tax cuts, opposition leader Mette Frederiksen said in response to the prime minister’s opening speech to…
More‘Submarine Madsen’ had fetish torture videos
Inventor Peter Madsen, accused of murdering a Swedish journalist aboard his homemade submarine, has been further incriminated by videos of women being decapitated that were found on his hard drive. The videos were…
MoreMinister faces warship grilling
Left-wing opposition parties are demanding straight answers from Defence Minister Claus Hjort Frederiksen regarding allegations that illegal North Korean workers were employed to build a Danish warship following new information. The Red/Greens, Alternatives,…
MoreDanske Bank laundered money for Iran
Denmark’s biggest bank, Danske, has been hit with new allegations of money laundering, this time involving Iran. According to Berlingske the bank has been used to circumvent sanctions against the Iranian regime. Following…
MorePrime Minister in top form ahead of official opening of parliament
It’s a far more confident and politically stronger Lars Løkke Rasmussen who will officially open the new session of parliament today. Commentators agree that the prime minister’s situation has improved dramatically since he…
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