Tax hikes could split centre-left alliance
The government’s move to increase taxation on interest income from bank deposits, shares, and bonds could provoke the first political dispute with its parliamentary backer, the Social Liberals (Radikale). The Social Democrats campaigned…
More3 charged with aiding terrorism
Three men have been formally charged under Denmark’s anti-terror laws of supplying drones to the Islamic State (IS) in Syria and Iraq. According to Senior Prosecutor Kristian Kirk the men ‘deliberately and systematically…
MoreFraud Squad seizes luxury cars in tax, VAT probe
The State Prosecutor’s Office for Serious Economic and International Crime, popularly known as the fraud squad, seized three Ferraris with an estimated value of DKK2m ($300,000) from a company based west of Copenhagen,…
More‘Safe country’ ruling halts Georgian asylum seekers’ crime wave
The number of Georgian nationals being arrested for break-ins and shoplifting has fallen dramatically since the previous government recognised Georgia as a ‘safe country’, making it easier to deport failed asylum seekers. Georgia’s…
MoreHuman rights test for Denmark
Denmark could be charged with violating the rights of a convicted pedophile who’s been denied an independent review of whether he’s still deemed to be a danger to society. The man has been…
MorePrime Minister in democracy dispute
Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen has been accused of bypassing the democratic process by giving the Social Democrats’ chief of staff Martin Rossen a seat on the powerful Coordination Committee, which is at the…
More64,000 immigrants to receive repatriation offer
64,100 refugees and non-western immigrants will this summer receive an offer of DKK140,000 to voluntary return home. Berlingske reports that even people from ethnic minorities who were born and raised in this country,…
MorePaludan loses racism appeal
Anti-Islamist Rasmus Paludan has lost his appeal against a conditional 14-day prison sentence for racism. The High Court yesterday upheld Glostrup District’s Court’s decision from April when the ‘Stram Kurs’ (Hard Line) leader was…
MoreShare-dividend lawyers ordered to pay back millions
Four lawyers employed to investigate the DKK12.7bn share dividend scandal have been ordered to pay back their million-kroner fees after the Danish Law & Bar Society found they were involved in a conflict of interest….
MoreFraud squad widens Danske Bank probe
The State Prosecutor’s Office for Serious Economic and International Crime, popularly known as the fraud squad, has widened its ongoing investigation of Danske Bank to include the bank’s decision to fire an independent company…
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