Copenhagen terrorist looked for sniper’s den
Deceased terrorist Omar El-Hussein tried to rent a number of apartments with a clear view of the Krudttønden Cafe in Copenhagen days before he launched his attack there and killed a civilian on…
MoreDanske Bank ‘humiliated’ as watchdog rejects new CEO
Danske Bank suffered another blow, Wednesday when its pick for new CEO was rejected by the Financial Supervisory Authority (FSA). The bank had asked the financial watchdog for its approval of Jacob Aarup-Andersen…
MorePutin accuser calls Denmark ‘a joke’
Kremlin critic Bill Browder has accused Scandinavian countries of creating a ‘permissive environment’ after accusing Nordea Bank of fraud, falsification and dishonest conduct. “At the moment it is a joke what is going in terms…
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Prosecutor reviews Nordea laundering allegations / Public given access to Nord Stream 2 report / Shell sells North Sea holdings The office of the State Prosecutor for Serious Economic and International Crime said…
MoreCouncil work scheme costs 1 million kroner per job
Copenhagen City Hall has spent DKK6.8m ($1.05m) funding failed job-creation projects run by private organisations for the long-term unemployed. Between April 2017 and March 2018, 289 socially vulnerable people were forced to attend…
MoreDanes more ‘EU friendly’ after Brexit
Around three quarters of the Danish electorate expect to vote in next year’s European parliamentary election. A new Eurobarometer survey shows 76% of Danes say they will vote in 2019, the highest number…
MoreDenmark in global competitiveness top 10
Denmark has climbed into the global top-10 on the World Economic Forum’s (WEF) latest Global Competiveness report, a comparison of the world’s biggest economies based on almost 100 different indicators, from the quality…
MoreIncapacitated citizens to get right to vote – ‘a major victory for democracy’
The Institute for Human Rights (IHR) has applauded the government’s move to give incapacitated people who’ve been appointed a guardian the right to vote in general elections. Justice Minister Søren Pape Poulsen said…
MorePutin critic targets Nordea
London-based financier William Browder, who in June asked the Danish authorities to investigate Danske Bank for allegedly allowing Russian officials to launder millions of dollars stolen over the last decade, has now turned his attention to Scandinavia’s biggest…
MoreCurrency exchange bureaus shut down in crackdown on money laundering
51 currency exchange bureaus in Denmark have been forced to close down over the past two years following a crackdown on money laundering. Head of the Financial Supervisory Authority’s (FSA) money laundering department,…
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