Danish terrorist linked to attack on Russian plane
Danish terrorist Basil Hassan has been linked to the bombing of a Russian passenger plane in Egypt in 2015. Australian Khaled Khayat, who earlier this year was convicted of plotting to blow up…
MoreNew authority to link fraud, terror funding investigations
The government has proposed a new, cross-agency authority to coordinate investigations into VAT fraud, money laundering and terrorist financing cases. Following reports that the Danish authorities were warned about a multi-million VAT scam…
MoreTrump neglected Ukraine because he was too busy trying to buy Greenland
Top U.S. diplomat Bill Taylor has testified that White House cabinet officials were so occupied with President Trump’s bid to buy Greenland over the summer they were too busy to deal with the…
More‘Gucci Helle’ moves from charity to business
Helle Thorning-Schmidt, Denmark’s first-ever prime minister, has been appointed to the board of directors at industrial supplies company Carsoe, part of the Solix Group. The former Social Democrat leader quit as head of…
More400,000 debtors to get ‘friendly reminder’ this week
The Danish Debt Collection Agency will over the next few months send out reminders to some of the 1.3 million citizens and companies who owe the state an estimated DKK117bn (€16bn) in the…
MoreDanish Crown boss to head government’s climate partnership
The government has appointed Jais Valeur, CEO of food giant Danish Crown, to head a new climate partnership with the business community. The appointment represents one of the 13 partnerships that the government…
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Danish Crown inks $100 million pork deal with China / FLSmidth aims for zero emissions / Lundbeck raises outlook following strong Q3 sales…. China’s biggest food supplier, Cofco, has agreed to buy $100…
MoreEU-funded report: Denmark ‘Islamophobic’
A new EU-financed report that characterises Denmark as ‘Islamophobic’ and ‘non-democratic’ has been dismissed by Danish lawmakers and experts as ‘ridiculous, foolish and a scandal’. The European Islamophobia Report 2018 by the Turkish…
MoreNew commission to probe child brides affair
The government is preparing to set up an independent commission to investigate former immigration minister Inger Støjberg’s role in the child brides affair in which she ordered the separation of refugee couples at asylum reception…
MoreEU criticises Denmark for budget opposition
Gert Jan Koopman, head of the European Commission’s Budget Department, has criticised countries, including Denmark, who have voiced opposition to the EU’s proposed budget increase. Denmark has joined Austria, the Netherlands, and Sweden…
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