Denmark backs Venezuelan opposition leader
Denmark has recognised Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaidó as interim president. After the 35-year-old declared himself acting leader in Caracas on Wednesday, Foreign Minister Anders Samuelsen wrote on Twitter: “Denmark supports the legitimate,…
MoreHuawei hits back at espionage accusations
Chinese tech giant Huawei has dismissed Danish fears of espionage. A number of Danish lawmakers have expressed concern about Huawei’s role as a close partner of formerly state-owned telecom company TDC in Denmark’s…
MoreDanish Jehovah’s Witness facing prison in Russia
A Danish national is facing a lengthy prison sentence in Russia for being a member of Jehovah’s Witnesses. The public prosecutor in the southern city of Oryol has asked a court to sentence…
MoreConsumers happy but expect economy to slow down
Denmark’s consumer confidence index rose to 3.9 points in January from 2.9 points in December, the latest Statistics Denmark data shows. The monthly survey asks a cross section of Denmark’s population its views…
MoreLegal problems pile up for Danske Bank
Another day, another headache for Danske Bank. IMF Bentham, the largest litigation funder in Australia, has announced plans to file a shareholder lawsuit against Denmark’s biggest bank over the DKK1,500bn ($230 billion) money laundering…
MoreØrsted beats 7,500 companies to most sustainable energy company title
Partially state-owned Ørsted (formerly DONG) has been named the most sustainable energy company in the world by Corporate Knights, a magazine that promotes ‘clean capitalism’. Ørsted beat more than 7,500 other companies and…
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U.S. launches probe into Danske Bank’s German ally / Electric buses ready to roll in Roskilde… The US Federal Reserve is investigating Deutsche Bank’s role in the Danske Bank money laundering scandal. The…
MoreDefence Minister: We can’t ban Huawei
The government takes political concerns about Huawei very seriously but has no legal possibility of excluding the Chinese telecom giant from Denmark’s new 5G telecommunications infrastructure, Defence Minister Claus Hjort Frederiksen told a…
MoreDefence Minister calls for Star Wars rules
Defence Minister Claus Hjort Frederiksen has called for international rules regarding the use of so-called killer robots – lethal autonomous weapons, LAWs, as they are known – an issue high on the agenda…
MoreFinance Minister airs doubts about EU digital tax
France needs to show a willingness to compromise before Denmark supports the proposal for an EU-wide digital tax, Finance Minister Kristian Jensen said yesterday ahead of a Brussels meeting with his EU colleagues….
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