Posted on 07. Nov, 2018 in: News

U.S. praise for Denmark’s ‘swift response’ to Iran

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo stressed the threat of Iranian terrorism in a personal phone call to Foreign Minister Anders Samuelsen, Tuesday. In a tweeted message afterwards Mr Samuelsen wrote: “Just spoke…

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Posted on 07. Nov, 2018 in: News

No official apology to ‘German girls’

Denmark is unlikely to copy Norway and offer an official apology to Danish women who were demonised and punished because of their relationships with German occupation troops during World War II. The Red/Greens…

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Posted on 07. Nov, 2018 in: News

Tax Agency gets go-ahead to sue U.S. pension funds

The Southern District of New York court has granted the Danish Tax Agency permission to proceed with its legal action to recover DKK5.4bn ( $820m) in funds paid out on fraudulent tax refund applications from…

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Denmark rejects EU’s digital tax proposal

The EU’s proposal to slap a 3% tax on global internet companies such as Google and Facebook is facing failure after Denmark, Sweden, and Ireland all said yesterday they couldn’t support the tax…

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Danske Bank bows to A.P. Møller pressure

Danske Bank’s Chairman of the Board Ole Andersen quit yesterday as the bank bowed to pressure from the bank’s biggest shareholder A.P. Møller-Maersk. Robert Uggla, CEO of A.P. Moller Holding, said Danske’s board…

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Posted on 07. Nov, 2018 in: News

Business shorts

Pension funds ‘alarmed’ by Danske Bank scandal / Danish Crown inks €300m deal with Chinese e-commerce giant /  Pandoro sales slump Danish pension funds JØP and DIP have put Danske Bank on an observation…

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Posted on 06. Nov, 2018 in: News

Britta busted: Multi-million embezzler nabbed in South Africa

64-year-old Anna Britta Troelsgaard Nielsen, suspected of embezzling DKK111m from the Danish social authorities, has been arrested in South Africa. The suspect, who fled Denmark six weeks ago shortly before the fraud was revealed, was…

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Fraudster ‘looking forward’ to extradition

Alleged social fraudster Britta Nielsen could be back in Copenhagen to face the music as early as Friday, according to her lawyer in South Africa, Gerhard Landman, who claimed tickets have already been…

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Poll of polls: Opposition heading for victory

The political opposition would regain power if an election was held today but only with the help of the progressive Alternatives, who’ve warned their seats shouldn’t be counted on any side. A weighted…

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Iran: Assassination plot was ‘Israeli conspiracy’

The alleged Iranian assassination plot revealed by Danish Intelligence (PET) last week was an ‘Israeli conspiracy’ according to Iran’s foreign minister. Mahmoud Alavi told Iranian state-run TV, Monday, that the “Zionist regime” was…

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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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