Posted on 11. Mar, 2019 in: News

Election 2019: DPP has lost 1 in 3 voters

The Danish People’s Party (DPP) is heading for a disastrous election. A new Voxmeter poll for Ritzau News shows the populist party would win no more than 14.2% of the vote if an…

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Posted on 11. Mar, 2019 in: News

SKAT mislaid fraudster’s file

The Tax Department (SKAT) was informed six years ago about social fraudster Britta Nielsen’s escapades but mislaid the files. Confidential correspondence between SKAT and parliament’s Justice Committee obtained by tabloid daily Ekstra Bladet…

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Posted on 11. Mar, 2019 in: News

Arms dealer ‘bitterly regrets’ India weapons drop

Convicted arms dealer Niels Holck has admitted he committed a major mistake by dropping four tons of weapons from a Soviet plane to a sect in West Bengal in 1995. The incident sparked…

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Posted on 11. Mar, 2019 in: News

Education Minister showered with abuse at Copenhagen high school

The Ministry for Education has launched an investigation into allegations that students at a Copenhagen high school threw coins at Minister Merete Riisager last week and called her a ‘whore’. Ms Riisager was…

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Posted on 11. Mar, 2019 in: News

Frederiksen and Baltic defence ministers inaugurate NATO division in Latvia

Defence Minister Claus Hjort Frederiksen joined his Latvian and Estonian counterparts to officially inaugurate the headquarters of NATO Multinational Division North (MND N) in Latvia’s Adazi Friday, a further strengthening of NATO and…

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Posted on 11. Mar, 2019 in: News

Banks headhunt experts to combat money laundering

Anti-money laundering experts have become a hot commodity in Denmark and throughout the Nordic financial sector following tougher regulations and a string of scandals involving the region’s top banks Danske Bank, Nordea and…

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Posted on 10. Mar, 2019 in: TWTW

The Week That Was, March 4th – March 10th 2019

Politics/Economy: A weighted average of all recent opinion polls showed Prime Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen needs to encourage at least 64,000 voters to change sides to stand any chance of winning a new…

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Posted on 08. Mar, 2019 in: News

Election 2019: DPP won’t join government unless support improves

The Danish People’s Party (DPP) won’t join a centre-right coalition after the election unless it gets more support from the electorate, leader Kristian Thulesen Dahl warned yesterday The DPP is currently hovering around…

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Posted on 08. Mar, 2019 in: News

Election 2019: Thulesen wins debate but rival scores immigration points

Commentators pronounced Danish People’s Party (DPP) leader Kristian Thulesen Dahl the overall winner of his much-hyped televised debate with right-wing rival Pernille Vermlund last night but the New Conservative leader scored most points…

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Posted on 08. Mar, 2019 in: News

Police charge 14 with sharing terror video

The police have charged 14 people with sharing a video possibly showing the murder of a young Danish woman in Morocco. Police inspector Michael Kjeldgaard at East Jutland Police said that the individuals…

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