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Impressive Q3 growth / ‘Red hot’ housing market cools off / APM under investigation in India The Danish economy grew by an impressive 0.7 percent in the year’s 3rd quarter (Q3) following a 0.3…
MoreMajority call for restrictions on mosque funding
A political majority is demanding more state control over foreign funding for mosques in Denmark. Two years after parliament passed an anti-extremism bill many mosques still aren’t accountable to the authorities as they…
MoreNew poll shows dead heat as opposition slips back
The government alliance and opposition are neck and neck in a new poll. The centre-left ‘red’ bloc of parties has led the way throughout winter but a new Norstat survey for Jyllands-Posten shows…
MoreDanish foreign fighter deported
A Danish-Tunisian ‘foreign fighter’ was given a four-year prison sentence and stripped of his passport, with deportation to follow, Monday, when the High Court upheld a lower court ruling that found him guilty…
MoreWhistleblower: Danske Bank ignored the alarm bells
The Danske Bank whistleblower claimed yesterday that Denmark’s largest bank ‘deliberately ignored’ his warning about a massive money laundering scheme through its Estonian branch. Howard Wilkinson, a British citizen who was the head…
MoreTop European bank funnelled massive ‘suspicious payments’ through Danske
Danske Bank whistelblower Howard Wilkinson alleged yesterday that ‘a major European lender’ helped process up to $150 billion in suspicious payments through Danske Bank and two U.S. banks were also involved. Mr Wilkinson…
MoreDanske Bank scandal: The whistleblower, the facts, the fallout for Denmark
Following Howard Wilkinson’s testimony to the Danish parliament, Monday, here’s a rundown of the facts and figures and how Denmark’s biggest bank got caught up in one of the world’s biggest-ever money laundering…
MoreNykredit admits prior knowledge of tax speculation by investors
Leading financial services group Nykredit has admitted that some of its employees were aware that a DKK17bn capital investment fund administrated by Nordea, the Nordic region’s biggest bank, in 2008 was set up primarily…
MorePM: Repatriating refugees is ‘morally correct’
Sending refugees home is ‘morally correct’ even though they are gradually becoming integrated in Denmark, Prime Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen told delegates at the Liberals’ party conference over the weekend, repeating his message…
MoreForeign Minister pushes for new sanctions on Iran
Foreign Minister Anders Samuelsen travels to Brussels this morning to urge his EU colleagues to impose new sanctions on Iran in retaliation for the recent assassination attempt in Denmark. Although the EU is…
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