Danske Bank to donate ‘tainted’ profit but still facing sanctions
Business Minister Rasmus Jarlov has warned that Danske Bank isn’t off the hook just because it has promised to donate profit made from the money laundering scandal to ‘good causes’. In a statement,…
MoreDanske Bank has lost 25% of market value this year
Danske Bank is facing its worst year in modern history. In the midst of the money laundering scandal Denmark’s biggest bank has lost a quarter of its market value – the only times…
MoreTop pols denounce Trump
Leading Danish politicians have denounced President Trump following his turbulent trip to Europe last week. The ruling Liberals’ foreign affairs spokesman, Michael Aastrup Jensen, said he was still in shock after seeing Mr…
MorePM can’t shed untrustworthy image
The Liberals regained power at the 2015 election despite losing around 250,000 voters. Now, with less than a year to go before the next election, a new poll shows the dissatisfied voters haven’t…
MoreLøkke loses support from party base
Prime Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen doesn’t even have the support of his own base to repeat the current tripartite government after the next election. A new Gallup poll for Berlingske shows only around…
MoreLocal mayors demand closure of refugee centres
Small-town mayors have called for the closure of transit centres for failed asylum seekers following hostility from local residents. Ib Lauritsen (V), mayor of Ikast which houses the controversial Kærshovedgård refugee centre, set…
MoreDramatic increase in unemployed east Europeans
Despite constant claims of a labour shortage new figures reveal that more than 5,000 east-Europeans are claiming the lucrative unemployment insurance benefit (dagpenge), compared to only 850 eight years ago. Over the same…
MoreEuro poll: Denmark ‘not pulling its weight’ on migrants
A new poll shows Danes believe, mistakenly, that Denmark is taking more than its fair share of refugees and migrants. According to a yougov.UK survey, that reveals which countries Europeans believe are and are…
MoreDanske Bank: Danish krone could suffer from trade war
The Danish krone is extremely vulnerable to the escalating trade war between the U.S. and China. According to Danske Bank the Swiss franc, Danish krone and Swedish krone are likely to be the…
MoreForeign Minister: Denmark is no ally of Trump
Denmark is an ally of the USA but not necessarily President Trump, Foreign Minister Anders Samuelsen said yesterday on the sidelines of an EU meeting in Brussels, following the President’s claim, Sunday, that…
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