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More flights cancelled / Losses for Nordea / Auction house fires 1 in 4 employees…. SAS has cancelled a further 709 departures today as the pilots’ strike enters its seventh day. The strike…
MoreMay 1st: Workers choose Social Democrats
Ahead of May 1st celebrations – or demonstrations – throughout the country today a new study shows the Social Democrats have regained their position as Denmark’s biggest workers’ party. As parties on the…
MoreNo self-catering for asylum-seeker families
Families denied asylum are barred from making their own food at the Sjælsmark Transit Centre because they need to realise they aren’t welcome in Denmark and should return home as soon as possible,…
MoreEU Brexit negotiator in Copenhagen
Following a Copenhagen meeting with Prime Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen, Tuesday, Michel Barnier, the EU’s chief negotiator for the UK’s withdrawal, said there are no winners with Brexit, ‘only losers.’ The PM said…
MoreLiberals’ turnaround on EU digital tax
In a turnaround from previous policy the ruling Liberals have come out in support of an EU digital tax on international IT giants such as Facebook and Google. The government has strongly resisted…
MoreNord Stream appeals against agency’s ‘3rd route’ option
Nord Stream 2 AG, the company established for planning, construction and operation of the Nord Stream 2 pipeline, has launched an appeal against the Danish Energy Agency’s (DEA) request for a third route option through Danish territorial waters,…
MoreWatchdog was warned about Danske money laundering in 2007
The Danish Financial Supervisory Authority’s (FSA) oversight of Danske Bank has been so deficient for years that in a number of instances it contravened banking legislation, left-wing daily Information reports. A confidential EU…
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Danske Bank shares dip after poor Q1 result / Ørsted inks Taiwan deal / Novo on target for green ambitions…. Danske Bank shares plunged nearly 7%, Tuesday, after 1st quarter (Q1) accounts showed…
MoreTax minister ‘cheated and deceived’ by Swiss government
Tax Minister Karsten Lauritzen claims to have been ‘double crossed’ by the Swiss government regarding a debt collection deal. Around 800 Danish nationals with a collective tax debt to Denmark of DKK175m (€25m)…
MoreFar-right Swedes excluded by DPP
The leader of the far-right Sweden Democrats has expressed disappointment his party wasn’t invited to join the Danish People’s Party (DPP) in the European Alliance of Peoples and Nations (EAPN), alongside the Alternative for…
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