Russian ship secretly transported weapons through Danish waters
A Russian ship transporting dangerous cargo passed through Danish territorial waters last week without informing the relevant authorities. According to left-wing daily Information, when the Sparta III vessel set off from St. Petersburg…
MoreGovernment fears ‘Google tax’ will lead to U.S. reprisals
The government has come out against an EU proposal to force U.S. IT giants to pay a flat-rate digital tax on their European operations. The so called ‘GAFA’ tax is aimed primarily at…
MoreLøkke fears hard Brexit could deny access to key financial infrastructure
As a close ally of Great Britain, Denmark has strongly urged the EU to come to an agreement that would prevent a hard Brexit. In an interview with Bloomberg News, Prime Minister Lars…
MoreLego wins legal action against Chinese bootleggers
Danish toy giant Lego has won a major copyright case in China. The Guangzhou Yuexiu District Court ruled that four companies had “infringed multiple copyrights of the LEGO Group and conducted acts of…
MoreIran offers to help Denmark investigate assassination allegations but denies involvement
Iran has offered to help Denmark investigate reports of an assassination attempt against an Iranian exile on Danish soil even though the Teheran regime still claims the allegations are unfounded. In a phone…
MoreArrest in social fraud scandal
Denmark is seeking the extradition of a 38-year-old man currently under arrest in South Africa on suspicion of receiving stolen goods and money from 64-year-old Anna Britta Troelsgaard Nielsen, suspected of embezzling DKK111m from the…
MoreSocial Democrats push back on White House report: ‘President Trump appears obsessed with Denmark’
The Social Democrats have again pushed back against ‘false U.S. allegations’ that living standards are higher in the USA than Denmark Following last week’s White House economic report that claimed living standards in the Nordic…
MoreAs Great Britain waves goodbye, Danish support for EU grows
Danes’ support for the EU continues to grow. With Great Britain’s final exit from the EU fast approaching a new Megafon poll for TV2 shows only 1 in 4 voters in this country…
MoreCharity organisations warn of rise in poverty
The government’s cap on social benefits has led to a drastic increase in the number of vulnerable families that can’t afford to buy food, according to charity organisations such as the Salvation Army,…
MoreMore corruption problems as heads roll at City Hall
Denmark’s corruption-free reputation is again being questioned after nine heads of department at Copenhagen City Hall were fired last week following a number of questionable issues surrounding the Office for Civil Engineering and…
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