Politicians denounce Apple, Google’s snooping tactics
Lawmakers have called for political intervention to stop global tech giants snooping on Danish consumers. The Social Liberals’ Ida Auken called reports of Google and Apple’s surveillance of private conversations ‘totally unacceptable.’ “People…
MoreBank charges customers for looking after their money
Wealthy customers will soon have to pay for the privilege of depositing their money with Jyske Bank. Less than two weeks after launching the world’s first negative interest rate mortgage, Jyske, Denmark’s second-largest…
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Watchdog ready to report Danske Bank to the police / Ørsted fears hard Brexit / Pandora struggles…… The Financial Supervisory Authority (FSA), the finance sector’s watchdog, is preparing to report Danske Bank to…
MoreTrump’s insult to the Queen
Donald Trump’s show of uncertainty about his planned visit to Denmark next month is a ‘major insult’ to Queen Margrethe, the Danish People’s Party’s (DPP) Søren Espersen said yesterday after the US president…
MoreTrump tweets hotel joke
In his usual manner, Donald Trump has doubled down on the controversy surrounding his proposal to buy Greenland by tweeting that he has no plans to build a hotel on the world’s biggest…
MoreEx-US Ambassador on Greenland bid: I laughed until I cried
Former U.S. Ambassador to Denmark Rufus Gifford has said he was shocked to learn that President Donald Trump’s interest in purchasing Greenland wasn’t some kind of joke. Appearing on CNN, Monday, Mr Gifford said the…
MoreTrump’s Greenland ambitions aimed at keeping one step ahead of China
President Trump’s sudden interest in Greenland could have been motivated by China’s claim on rare earths found on the world’s biggest island, a geologist turned journalist has claimed. Forbes Business Magazine reports how…
MoreRight wing leader prefers Frederiksen
New Conservative leader Pernille Vermlund has distanced herself from former prime minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen in a further sign of the crisis on the right after the June election defeat. At the right-wing…
MoreGoogle, Apple listen in on Danes’ private conversations
Global tech giants Google and Apple have eavesdroped on Danish consumers, Politiken reports this morning. The paper has spoken to three current and former employees who claim they were asked to record conversations…
MoreClimate Minister urges EU allies to sign up to carbon-neutral deal
Energy and climate minister Dan Jørgensen is confident Denmark’s EU partners will soon agree to go carbon-neutral by 2050 despite resistance from eastern members. Even though a push by most EU nations to…
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