Posted on 17. Sep, 2019 in: News

Tax fraud sends millions of documents to Denmark

Denmark has received millions of documents from Dubai regarding alleged tax fraud Sanjay Shah and more are on the way, Steen Bechmann Jacobsen, director of the control unit at the Danish Tax Agency said…

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Posted on 17. Sep, 2019 in: News

Tax Minister warns of clampdown on banks

Tax Minister Morten Bødskov has warned there will be greater oversight of the banking sector in the future after the Danish Tax Agency (Skattestyrelsen) yesterday demanded DKK900m from Nordea as part of the…

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Posted on 17. Sep, 2019 in: News

Danish Industry: Green conversion can make Denmark more prosperous

The Confederation of Danish Industry (DI) has laid out its own climate ‘plan of action’ that closely mirrors the government’s aim to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 70% ahead of 2030. CEO Lars…

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Posted on 17. Sep, 2019 in: News

Conservatives back government’s climate target

The Conservatives are ready to support the government’s aim of a 70% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions by 2030 but not unconditionally. Party leader Søren Pape Poulsen told financial daily Børsen he will…

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Posted on 17. Sep, 2019 in: News

Ethnic minorities break social heritage code

Young adults from ethnic minorities have become better at breaking the negative cycle of social inheritance than native Danes, a new study by the Economic Council of the Labour Movement shows. According to…

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Russian pipeline fast approaching Denmark

The controversial Russian-led gas pipeline Nord Stream 2 pipeline is fast approaching Danish territorial waters through the Baltic Sea but Denmark has yet to approve the project, which is planned to begin transporting…

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Posted on 17. Sep, 2019 in: News

Danish company supplied fuel to Russian fighter jets in Syria

Bank documents reveal that Middelfart-based Bunker Holding has received multi-million payments from the Maritime company, which supplies Russian fighter jets operating in Syria with fuel. Bunker Holding, the world’s second-largest bunker company, owns…

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Posted on 17. Sep, 2019 in: News

Business shorts

Negative interest hits banks’ profit /  Lundbeck in $2bn US deal / Pension fund divests non-green investment…. Negative interest rates have led to a sharp decline in Danish banks’ profit margin. Denmark’s 17…

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Posted on 16. Sep, 2019 in: News

Lars Løkke breaks silence: I chose Ellemann-Jensen

In his first public appearance since he dramatically quit as Liberal leader 15 days ago, Lars Løkke Rasmussen said last night it had always been his intention for Jakob Ellemann-Jensen to succeed him…

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Posted on 16. Sep, 2019 in: News

No new party for Løkke

Lars Løkke Rasmussen has dismissed rumours he’s planning to start a new party. Although his closest political ally, former defence minister Claus Hjort Frederiksen,  confirmed earlier this month that the ex-PM had been…

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