Børsen reported to police for corona fraud
Financial daily Børsen has been reported to the police for illegally claiming more than DKK50,000 ($6,000) in corona compensation for lost revenue. Editor in chief, former finance minister Bjarne Corydon, called it a…
MoreBig Brother is watching you
Residents of Copenhagen are under increased surveillance throughout the capital. As part of the government’s ‘safety and security reform’ the police have installed 14 more cameras in prominent public places such as Town…
MoreSeven terror suspects remanded in custody
A Holbæk court has ordered seven men and women suspected of terrorism to be detained for a further four weeks. pending investigation. 13 people were originally arrested in Holbæk, north-west of Copenhagen, in…
MoreUK High Court denounces Danish lawsuit against fraudster
A British High Court judge has criticised the Tax Agency (SKAT) and Danish lawmakers for launching a ‘politically motivated’ lawsuit against hedge fund trader Sanjay Shah, the alleged kingpin in the DKK12bn share…
MoreEx-PM warns of war with China
Former Danish prime minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen has issued a stark warning about the possibility of war with China. In an interview on the first day of the Copenhagen Democracy Summit 2021, Monday,…
MoreRussian found guilty of spying
A Russian resident of Denmark has been found guilty of conducting industrial espionage. An Aalborg court yesterday sentenced 36-year-old Aleksey Nikoforov to three months in prison, with deportation to follow, for passing on…
MoreExpert: Trial of Iranians is about politics not religion
The dispute between Iran and Saudi Arabia that’s at the heart of a trial currently underway in a Danish courtroom is more about politics than religion according to Associate Professor Claus Velling Pedersen,…
MoreVirus updates
1,000 daily infections is the ’new normal’….Vaccination timetable pushed back….New Mexican mutation in Copenhagen….Government moves to make ‘outlawed’ vaccines available on voluntary basis…. The number of new corona cases rose to 932, Monday, 58…
MoreSurprise rise in inflation
Inflation rose by 1.5% year-on-year in April, the highest since October 2017. The latest Statistics Denmark figures show prices for alcoholic beverages and tobacco increased the most by 16.1 percent in April, mainly…
MoreClothing company cleared of links to military junta in Myanmar
An independent report has cleared global clothing retailer Bestseller of cooperating with the military junta in Myanmar. Politiken reported last month how the retailing giant deals with three suppliers in the Ngwe Pin…
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