Posted on 20. Dec, 2018 in: News

10 arrests in Danske Bank scandal

The Estonian authorities have arrested 10 former Danske Bank employees linked to the money laundering scandal. According to Estonian prosecutors, tax evaders and embezzlers from Georgia and Azerbaijan are among the criminals to…

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Posted on 20. Dec, 2018 in: News

Business Minister vows ‘no sympathy’ for money laundering transgressors

After a total of 10 former employees of Danske Bank in Estonia were detained by police over the course of Tuesday and Wednesday on suspicion of deliberately helping criminals from the former Soviet…

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Posted on 19. Dec, 2018 in: News

Government provides ambassadors with ‘false narrative’ for refugee island project

The government is trying to portray its controversial refugee island project in a more positive light abroad. While voters in this country have been told that conditions for failed asylum seekers and criminal…

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Posted on 19. Dec, 2018 in: News

Iranian asylum seekers get DKK40,000 to return home

40 failed Iranian asylum seekers have voluntarily agreed to return home this year, tempted by a financial bonus of up to DKK40,000 (€6,500). The figures are ‘noticeable’ as previously the government has been…

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Posted on 19. Dec, 2018 in: News

Vestager on EU liberals’ Commission President list

Denmark’s EU Competition Commissioner Margrethe Vestager isn’t comfortable about being named as a possible candidate for Commission President next year on a list led by Belgium’s Guy Verhofstadt, who has repeatedly called for…

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Posted on 19. Dec, 2018 in: News

Tax minister reacts to car registration scam

All exported cars will from 2020 need to be evaluated by Tax Department (SKAT) assessors before owners can claim back registration duty. Until 2006 all cars earmarked for exports were evaluated by SKAT…

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Posted on 19. Dec, 2018 in: News

Criminal tots facing community service

Criminal kids as young as 10 could be forced to carry out community service from next year after a parliamentary majority passed a bill, Tuesday, that according to Justice Minister Søren Pape Poulsen…

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Posted on 19. Dec, 2018 in: News

Danish hiker slain in Morocco

Denmark’s ambassador to Morocco has travelled to Marrakech to liaise with local authorities after two female tourists, from Denmark and Norway, were found dead on Monday in the Atlas Mountains in the central region…

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Posted on 19. Dec, 2018 in: News

Business shorts

Bigger buffer for banks / Pension fund supports responsible scrapping of ships / Government widens share dividend scam probe…. The Systemic Risk Council said on Tuesday it expects to advise the government to further…

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Posted on 18. Dec, 2018 in: News

Government: Upswing will last for years

The economic upswing will continue for years to come – that was the optimistic message from the government yesterday after presenting the latest Economic Review, which projects 1.7% GNP growth next year, downwardly…

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7:59 – All the Danish News That Fits

7:59 – Danish News Today, is the most reliable source of daily Danish news in English for diplomats, the ex-pat community, the business sector, or anyone in Denmark or abroad seeking an insight into what’s happening in Denmark right now.

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7:59: TODAS LAS NOTICIAS DANESAS DEL MOMENTO.
7:59-Noticias Danesas de Hoy es una nueva fuente de noticias en inglés dirigida especialmente al cuerpo diplomático, extranjeros viviendo en Dinamarca

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