Posted on 21. Nov, 2018 in: News

Gang leader deported

Prime Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen and party leaders have applauded the Supreme Court’s decision to deport notorious gang leader Shuaib Khan. The 31-year-old Danish-Pakistani leader of the immigrant gang Loyal To Familia (LTF) was…

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Posted on 21. Nov, 2018 in: News

Google announces $690m investment in Denmark

Web giant Google has announced plans to build a DKK 4.5 bn ($690m) data centre close to Fredericia in Jutland. In October Facebook published plans for a new ‘mega’ 250,000 square-metre data centre…

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Posted on 21. Nov, 2018 in: News

MPs demand protection for whistleblowers

Politicians on both sides of the aisle have called for new rules to protect whistleblowers, following the Danske Bank money laundering scandal. After ex- Danske Bank employee Howard Wilkinson told a parliamentary hearing,…

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Posted on 21. Nov, 2018 in: News

Business shorts

Impressive Q3 growth / ‘Red hot’ housing market cools off /  APM under investigation in India The Danish economy grew by an impressive 0.7 percent in the year’s 3rd quarter (Q3) following a 0.3…

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Posted on 20. Nov, 2018 in: News

Majority call for restrictions on mosque funding

A political majority is demanding more state control over foreign funding for mosques in Denmark. Two years after parliament passed an anti-extremism bill many mosques still aren’t accountable to the authorities as they…

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Posted on 20. Nov, 2018 in: News

New poll shows dead heat as opposition slips back

The government alliance and opposition are neck and neck in a new poll. The centre-left ‘red’ bloc of parties has led the way throughout winter but a new Norstat survey for Jyllands-Posten shows…

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Posted on 20. Nov, 2018 in: News

Danish foreign fighter deported

A Danish-Tunisian ‘foreign fighter’ was given a four-year prison sentence and stripped of his passport, with deportation to follow, Monday, when the High Court upheld a lower court ruling that found him guilty…

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Posted on 20. Nov, 2018 in: News

Whistleblower: Danske Bank ignored the alarm bells

The Danske Bank whistleblower claimed yesterday that Denmark’s largest bank ‘deliberately ignored’ his warning about a massive money laundering scheme through its Estonian branch. Howard Wilkinson, a British citizen who was the head…

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Posted on 20. Nov, 2018 in: News

Top European bank funnelled massive ‘suspicious payments’ through Danske

Danske Bank whistelblower Howard Wilkinson alleged yesterday that ‘a major European lender’ helped process up to $150 billion in suspicious payments through Danske Bank and two U.S. banks were also involved. Mr Wilkinson…

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Posted on 20. Nov, 2018 in: News

Danske Bank scandal: The whistleblower, the facts, the fallout for Denmark

Following Howard Wilkinson’s testimony to the Danish parliament, Monday, here’s a rundown of the facts and figures and how Denmark’s biggest bank got caught up in one of the world’s biggest-ever money laundering…

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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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