LA prepares for new tax battle
Despite its embarrassing backdown on tax cuts last year the business-friendly Liberal Alliance is ready to make corporate tax an issue in the upcoming election campaign. Minister for the Economy Simon Emil Ammitzbøll-Bille…
MoreNew survey: Opposition leader best qualified for PM job
In the countdown to the general election opposition leader Mette Frederiksen has been given a pat on the back by voters who see her as the country’s ‘most competent’ party leader. The latest…
MoreNATO questions Danish troops’ combat-readiness
Denmark has a badly equipped international brigade that isn’t combat ready according to a NATO report, published just days after the government announced plans to increase defence spending to 1.5 per cent of…
MoreForeign Minister confirms support for Juan Guaidó
Foreign Minister Anders Samuelsen has spoken directly to Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaidó who declared himself acting leader in Caracas last week. In a tweeted message Mr Samuelsen wrote: ”Just talked to Juan…
MoreEX-PM declined bunga-bunga invitation
Former Danish prime minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen has revealed he politely declined an invitation to one of former Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi notorious ‘bunga-bunga’ parties. In a new documentary aired on national…
MoreCustomers desert Danske Bank as profits plummet
After announcing a 30% drop in earnings, Friday, Danske Bank, still fighting the aftershock of the money laundering scandal, promised tighter controls to prevent any further regulatory lapses. The Estonian money laundering case…
MoreBusiness shorts….
Record profits for Ørsted / Poor Q4 for Novo / Chinese wind energy company opens Copenhagen office/ Ban on live betting? Partially state-owned energy company Ørsted (formerly DONG) has announced record DKK30bn ($461m)…
More‘Nightmare poll’ for government – opposition steams ahead
Prime Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen’s prospects for re-election are looking increasingly dire. A new Megafon poll for TV 2 of Politiken shows the lowest level of support for his centre-right alliance during the…
MoreMore defence spending but not enough for Trump
The government gave the military a DKK1.5bn boost this week but it still won’t satisfy President Trump, military analysts said yesterday. The move to increase defence spending to 1.5% of GDP in 2023,…
MoreEstonia rejects FSA report
The Danish Financial Supervisory Authority’s (FSA) denial it made any mistakes in the Danske Bank money laundering scandal has sparked off a war of words with its Estonian counterpart Finantsinspektsioon. After the FSA claimed…
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