Sex scandal MP gets million kroner pay -off
Disgraced MP Mike Fonseca has been awarded DKK 1.37m ($212,000) in severance pay, equivalent to 20 months’ salary, after leaving parliament following a sex scandal. When questioned about the lucrative pay-off, Tuesday, he…
MoreHuman rights court fines Denmark for illegal fixation
The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has ordered Denmark to pay €20,000 (DKK 150,000) in compensation to a young man who was restrained in a psychiatric ward for nearly 12 days in…
MoreChinese dance troupe performing in Copenhagen linked to American far-right
Chinese dance troupe Shen Yun which started a 5-night run at the Royal Arena in Copenhagen, Monday, allegedly has close links to Falun Gong, a religious movement that the Chinese Communist Party has…
More‘Al Capone’ investigation reveals multi-million money laundering
A 53-year-old man was given a reduced prison sentence on Tuesday, after confessing to laundering DKK 83m ($12.8m) through Danish and Lithuanian banks . According to the Public Prosecutor the funds were direct…
MoreNorway, Sweden cut fuel taxes – Denmark urged to follow
Parties on both sides of the aisle have called for a temporary reduction in taxes and duties on fuel as prices continue to rise. Norway and Sweden have both announced significant reductions and,…
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SAS flight attendant failed alcohol test…..SAS launches daily Copenhagen – Istanbul flights….Pandora uses Canada to avoid Trump tariffs… A Scandinavian Airlines (SAS) flight attendant tested positive for alcohol at Copenhagen Airport last week. …
MoreDPP leader: Løkke has a ‘cunning plan’
Government negotiations will break down and the centrist Moderates will end up in an across the centre coalition with the left – at least according to Danish People’s Party (DPP) leader Morten Messerschmidt…
MoreRight-wing Holocaust denier advised Citizens Party on immigration
A controversial far-right ‘influencer’ and Holocaust denier helped to design the Citizens Party (Borgernes Parti) hardline immigration policy. BT reports this morning how Rasmus Munch Søndergaard, a lawyer who’s been denounced as a…
MoreCitizens Party MP questions whether rival is Danish
Citizens Party leader Lars Boje Mathiesen has declined to comment on whether Social Liberal (Radikale) MP Samira Nawa is really Danish. Newly elected party MP Nadja Natalie Isaksen has previously written on social…
MoreFormer Trump advisor paid $59,000 to settle Greenland lobbying case
A former high-ranking U.S. Energy Department official who lobbied hard for the U.S. acquisition of Greenland’s critical minerals has made a $59,000 (DKK390,000) out-of-court settlement to resolve allegations that he violated conflict-of-interest rules….
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