Minister: We never advised Faroes on telecom decision
Reports that Denmark has advised the Faroe Islands’ government about its choice of a supplier for the upcoming 5G network are based on a ‘misunderstanding’, Foreign Minister Jeppe Kofod said yesterday. Berlingske and…
MoreFraud kingpin questioned in Dubai
After four years of investigations the man behind Denmark’s biggest ever fraud case has finally been questioned by the Danish authorities. Politiken and TV2 report how Sanjay Shah, the British businessman and main…
MoreNew citizens failed to disclose criminal past
83 people could be stripped of their Danish passport after failing to disclose they had a criminal record when applying for citizenship. A review of 21,000 naturalisation cases since 2014 has revealed that…
MorePolice nab 20 terror suspects in nationwide raids
Danish police arrested 20 terror suspects, Wednesday, in a coordinated series of raids throughout the country. At a press conference last night Flemming Drejer, the operative head of Danish Intelligence (PET), said all…
MoreChina rejects Faroe allegations: ‘Fake news’
China’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs has dismissed claims it put pressure on the Faroe Islands to secure a deal for telecom giant Huawei. Berlingske reported on Wednesday how China’s Ambassador to Denmark Feng Tie…
MoreTrump critic gets new invite to Denmark
The Trump critic scheduled to give a speech at a major NATO conference in Copenhagen this week, which was cancelled at the last minute following a protest by the U.S ambassador, is coming…
MoreDenmark rises in climate rankings
Denmark has risen up the rankings of the Climate Change Performance Index (CCPI), which monitors the climate protection performance of 57 countries and the EU. In its summary of this year’s results the…
MoreBritish Attorney General conflicted by Danish share dividend scandal
British Attorney General and MP Charles Geoffrey Cox was until recently an advisor to Sanjay Shah, the main suspect in the DKK12.7bn share dividend scandal, Denmark’s biggest-ever tax fraud. DR News reports how…
MoreInflation creeps upwards
Danish inflation rose slightly in November. The latest Statistics Denmark figures show the consumer price index rose 0.7 percent year-on-year in November, following a 0.6 percent increase in October. Prices for education had…
MoreBusiness shorts
Leading banks given ‘rap on knuckles’….Tax authority targets bitcoin cheats….Boom time for pension funds…. Four leading banks have been given a formal warning by the Danish Financial Supervisory Authority (FSA) for failing to…
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