Deutsche Bank embroiled in Danske scandal
Deutsche Bank, Germany’s biggest lender, is being dragged into the Danske Bank money laundering scandal. After whistleblower Howard Wilkinson testified to Danish MPs, Monday, that ‘a major European lender’ helped process up to…
More3,100 new jobs
The economic upswing continues to bring new jobs. 3,100 new wage earners joined the labour market in September, taking the total number of employed to 2.76 million. Senior Danske Bank economist characterised the…
MoreDanish ambassador returns to Iran
Denmark’s ambassador to Iran, Danny Annan, is returning to Tehran today one month after he was recalled following the allegations over an Iranian plot to kill an opposition activist in Denmark. His Iranian…
MoreLøkke in Berlin
Prime Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen and German Chancellor Angela Merkel yesterday stressed their hopes for a close relationship with Britain after the country leaves the EU next year. At a brief press conference…
MoreStøjberg: Criticism of immigration procedures ‘justified’
Integration Minister Inger Støjberg has acknowledged that the processing period for immigrants who are ill and appealing deportation on humanitarian grounds is far too long – up to 15 months in some cases….
MoreEx-gang leader slain after book launch
A former Danish gang leader was brutally assassinated shortly after leaving the launch party of his memoir about escaping the criminal underworld. Nedim Yasar, 31, quit Los Guerreros, a Copenhagen gang involved in…
MoreMinister to launch review of exit programme for gang members
Justice Minister Søren Pape Poulsen has promised a full review of the exit programme for gang members following the brutal slaying of Nedim Yasar. The ex-gang leader quit Los Guerreros, part of the…
MoreGang leader deported
Prime Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen and party leaders have applauded the Supreme Court’s decision to deport notorious gang leader Shuaib Khan. The 31-year-old Danish-Pakistani leader of the immigrant gang Loyal To Familia (LTF) was…
MoreGoogle announces $690m investment in Denmark
Web giant Google has announced plans to build a DKK 4.5 bn ($690m) data centre close to Fredericia in Jutland. In October Facebook published plans for a new ‘mega’ 250,000 square-metre data centre…
MoreMPs demand protection for whistleblowers
Politicians on both sides of the aisle have called for new rules to protect whistleblowers, following the Danske Bank money laundering scandal. After ex- Danske Bank employee Howard Wilkinson told a parliamentary hearing,…
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