Cabinet reshuffle: Something old, something new…and a surprise
Prime Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen presented three new cabinet ministers to the Queen, Wednesday, but declined the opportunity to freshen up his government with a bigger turnaround. Jakob Uffe Ellemann-Jensen, son of former…
MoreNew minister’s turnaround on Burka Bill
As a Liberal Party MP Eva Kjer Hansen has been a vocal opponent of the government’s ‘Ban the Burka’ bill but as a newly appointed cabinet minister she’s had a change of heart….
MoreFinance Minister vows to fight EU budget growth
The EU’s proposal for a long-term budget following Great Britain’s exit is far too excessive and will be ‘strongly resisted’, Finance Minister Kristian Jensen said yesterday. European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker proposed a…
MoreThink Tank: Denmark will benefit from increased EU budget
Although Denmark could eventually be forced to contribute more to the long-term budget after Brexit it could leave the negotiating table as a winner. According to Bjarke Møller, head of Copenhagen-based Think Tank…
MoreE-mails reveal Dansk Bank was aware of money laundering
An exchange of mails between Danske Bank and the Danish Financial Supervisory Authority (FSA) in 2012 concerning ‘suspicious customers’ contradict the bank’s claim that it wasn’t aware of money laundering through its Estonian…
MoreWolf shooting sparks outrage
A 66-year-old man has been charged with shooting and killing one of first wolves to settle in Denmark in two centuries. New video footage by two naturalists showing the animal scurrying across a…
MoreCopenhagen celebrates clean energy
Week 21 (21st -25th May) is designated as Nordic Clean Energy Week with more than 100 events in Copenhagen and the southern Swedish city of Malmø. 26 energy ministers from the G20 and…
MoreBusiness shorts
Currency reserves up / Maersk moves ahead with China investment, despite losses / Green exports fall again Denmark’s foreign exchange reserves rose slightly to DKK 467.5bn in April from DKK 466.9bn at the…
MoreCabinet re-shuffle today as two ministers quit
Prime Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen will personally inform the Queen of a cabinet re-shuffle at 11am this morning following Education Minister Søren Pind’s surprising decision to quit politics and Esben Lund’s resignation as…
MoreMystery surrounds environment minister’s resignation
Education Minister Søren Pind’s decision to quit politics was expected but Environment Minister Esben Lund Larsen resignation came as a ‘complete surprise’, leading political commentator Hans Engell said last night following yesterday’s political…
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