High Court upholds conviction in Iranian terror plot
The High Court has upheld the verdict handed down by a lower court to a Norwegian/Iranian national found guilty of illegal spying and complicity in a failed plot to kill an Iranian Arab…
MorePraise for Denmark ahead of COP26
Alok Sharma, President for the COP26 climate summit to be held in Glasgow, UK, this November praised Denmark’s climate leadership during talks in Copenhagen this week with Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen and members…
MoreDenmark moves up wealth ranking
Denmark has moved up two places in a European wealth ranking of the past five years, to 3rd. Ireland is now ranked the most affluent nation in terms of GDP on the survey…
MoreDanish tax agency granted right of appeal in share dividend scam
The Danish Tax Agency (SKAT) has won the right to appeal against a UK ruling 14 days ago when a London court rejected the DKK 2.1bn lawsuit brought against the alleged kingpin, British…
MoreBusiness shorts
Pension giant invests DKK500m in Amazon project…..Pandora to make fake diamonds….Massive profit for Novo…. PFA, the largest customer-owned pension company in Denmark, has invested around DKK500m in a property set to be built…
MoreNegative headlines abroad damaging to Denmark’s reputation
Experts have warned that the government’s hardline immigration policy could seriously damage Denmark’s reputation abroad. While ‘playing the immigration’ card, such as deporting Syrian refugees or imposing strict demands on citizenship applicants, is…
MoreAmnesty criticism for Rwanda agreement
Human rights organisation Amnesty International has denounced the government’s efforts to send asylum seekers to Rwanda for processing. In response to the news that Immigration Minister Mattias Tesfaye and Development Aid Minister Flemming…
More‘Weakest political opposition for years’
The centre-right group of parties pose the weakest political opposition in modern times according to long-time cabinet minister Claus Hjort Frederiksen, who last week accused his former close friend (former PM) Lars Løkke…
MoreVirus updates
Expert ‘concerned’ about rise in infections…..Poland bids for surplus J&J vaccines….Approval for German home testing kit…. The rate of infection is gradually rising – 988 new corona cases were reported, Wednesday, based on…
MoreDKK150m to dig up stinky mink
It’s going to cost the state around DKK150m (€20m) to exhume around 4 million mink that were slaughtered and buried last year as part of a nationwide cull. Minister for Food & Agriculture…
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