Government grants emergency aid package to fight child abuse in Greenland
The government has approved a DKK5.3m ($730,000) emergency aid package to combat child abuse in Greenland. Following a disturbing TV documentary, The Town Where Kids Disappear, a team of Danish psychologists will this…
MoreConservative leader urges opposition parties to come together
Conservative leader Søren Pape Poulsen believes new Liberal leader Jacob Ellemann-Jensen is the right man to lead the centre-right opposition back to power. At the Conservatives’ annual conference over the weekend the popular…
MoreVestager threatens to impose unilateral EU digital tax
Denmark’s EU Commission vice-president Margrethe Vestager has warned the EU will act unilaterally if the OECD fails to reach a global agreement on how to tax tech companies within fifteen months – before…
MoreWife confirms wanted terrorist’s death
Denmark’s most-wanted man, terrorist Basil Hassan who attempted to assassinate Danish author and critic of Islam Lars Hedegaard in Copenhagen on February 5, 2013, is definitely dead according to his Dutch wife. Hassan, named by…
MoreForeign Minister discusses pipeline, sovereignty with Ukraine counterpart
Foreign Minister Jeppe Kofod discussed the controversial Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline with his Ukrainian counterpart Vadym Prystaiko on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly last week. The Ukrainian Foreign Ministry said…
MoreQueen Margrethe: I reign until I die
Queen Margrethe is planning to reign until she passes away and will only abdicate in favour of Crown Prince Frederik if she suffers a life threatening illness, the popular monarch said in an…
MoreEstonia death leads to more problems for Danske Bank
The death of the former boss of Danske Bank in Estonia, Aivar Rehe, has inflamed the money laundering scandal. Estonia’s Minister of the Interior Mart Helme has called for a full investigation into…
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Denmark retains 4th spot on global competitiveness survey / Vestas fires 590 / Danish Chamber of Commerce welcomes mail crackdown on China… Denmark is ranked 4th on the IMD World Digital Competitiveness Report 2019, an annual study…
MoreThe Week That Was, September 23rd – 29th 2019:
Politics/Economy: In a speech to world leaders at the UN Climate Action Summit in New York, Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen vowed that Denmark will lead the way in the fight to resist climate…
MoreParliament calls for probe into tax authority’s ‘sweet deal’ for share dividend scammers
Parliament’s Public Accounts Committee (Folketingets Statsrevisorer) has asked the National Audit Office (Rigsrevisionen) to investigate why the tax authorities cut a ‘sweet deal’ with American speculators who scammed the Danish state out of billions…
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