EU Commission: Danish banks’ negative interest policy ‘probably’ legal
The European Commission has said that Danish banks ‘probably’ haven’t breached any regulations by charging negative interest rates on deposit accounts. The Danish Financial Supervisory Authority (FSA), the banking sector’s watchdog, had asked…
MoreForeign Minister in Ukraine: ‘Russia’s behaviour completely unacceptable’
During a visit to Ukraine over the weekend, Foreign Minister Jeppe Kofod affirmed Denmark’s support for the country in its conflict with Russia. He characterised the tense situation along the border as the…
MoreFormer Defence Minister charged as espionage scandal widens
Former defence minister Claus Hjort Frederiksen was formally charged with leaking state secrets, Friday. While it remains unclear as to what Mr Henriksen exactly said or did, the accusation appears to be linked…
MoreDenmark joins Winter Olympics boycott
Denmark has joined the growing list of countries that won’t be sending any official representatives to the Winter Olympics in China next month. Foreign Minister Jeppe Kofod told DR News, Friday, that the…
MoreEx-PM calls on West to support Taiwan against China’s ‘warfare tactics’
Former Danish Prime Minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen has called on the U.S. and Europe to show more support for Taiwan. In a Newsweek op-ed titled “China Is Using Economic Coercion as Blackmail. The…
MoreVirus updates
Positivity rate at record-high as daily infections pass 26,000…Cinemas, theatres reopen as restrictions are lifted…. 26,169 new corona cases were registered, Thursday, the highest number of infection cases registered in a single day…
MoreRape allegations, prosecutions up after consent law
The new sexual consent law passed 12 months ago has led to a significant increase in rape reports and prosecutions. The year-end figures show 2,110 reports of rape in 2021, compared to 1,392 the…
MoreGood week, Bad week…
It was a good week for… ….Every homeowner in this country who, on average, became DKK231,000 richer in 2021 as the housing market continued to boom… … three suspected Nigerian pirates who had…
MoreThe Week That Was, January 10th – 16th 2021:
Coronavirus/ What happened last week: Acting on recommendations from the Epedimy Commission the government lifted corona restrictions on the cultural sector from Sunday,16.1.22, allowing cinemas, theatres, concert halls, and museums to reopen. The…
MoreNew report: Russian embassy employs ‘snoops’
A new Danish Intelligence (PET) report claims the Russian embassy in Copenhagen employs a number of ‘intelligence agents’ who work under cover of being diplomats but whose real job is to recruit sources…
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