State facing DKK1bn bill after UK High Court loss
The state is facing a DKK 1bn ($154m) bill for legal costs following its embarrassing defeat in London last month when a UK High Court ruled that the Tax Authority (SKAT) wasn’t defrauded…
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Novo completes mass firings….Ørsted sells off share in British wind farm to ‘balance the books’…Tesla sales head south… Pharmaceutical giant Novo Nordisk has completed the dismissal of 5,000 employees in this country, part…
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Ukraine has announced plans to open an arms export and defence industry office in Copenhagen later this year. Speaking to reporters in Kyiv, Monday, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy named drones and artillery systems as…
MoreDKK10m for Ukraine’s cultural heritage
The government has promised a further DKK10m ($1.5m) to support Ukraine’s cultural heritage. Speaking at a meeting of EU Ministers of Culture, Monday, Culture Minister Jakob Engel-Schmidt said the new funding could go…
MoreAnti-migrant leader puts forward ‘Ten Commandments’ to stop the spread of Islam
Denmark’s Democrats’ leader, Inger Støjberg, has laid out a 10-point plan to stop the spread of Islam in this country. At an Aalborg rally ahead of the upcoming municipal elections the former hardline…
MoreSocial Liberal leader defends multi-language campaign posters
Social Liberal leader Martin Lidegaard has urged people to ‘calm down’ following massive criticism of the party’s campaign posters that have been printed in ten different languages to attract voters who aren’t citizens…
MoreLawmakers applaud Syrian infuencer’s decision to return home
One of Denmark’s most prominent ’influencers’ has left the country and returned to Syria, claiming she can no longer accept Danish values. In an emotional video 36-year-old Salma Naddaf, who arrived as a…
MoreThai women found guilty of human trafficking
Two Thai nationals have been sentenced to prison for human trafficking and pimping. Kolding District Court heard how between October 2023 to December 2024 the two women recruited at least 25 Thai women…
MoreEncouraging GDP figures
Economic activity recovered slightly in the year’s second quarter (Q2). The latest Statistics Denmark figures show GDP rose to 1% after a -1.3% contraction in Q1 – however, the actual GDP growth fell…
MoreEx-PM decries ‘weak’ leaders
Former prime minister Fogh Rasmussen has dismissed some European leaders as ‘too weak.’ In an interview with financial daily Børsen the ex-NATO Secretary General warned that Russia could attack one or more NATO…
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