NATO appointment casts more doubts on Prime Minister
Jens Stoltenberg’s decision to stay on as NATO Secretary General for another year is the ‘worst possible outcome’ for Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen, political analysts said last night in response to the news…
MoreDutch slavery apology splits parliament
Political parties are divided as to whether Denmark should follow the Netherlands and offer an official apology for its own slave trade in the Caribbean 300 years ago. During a speech in Amsterdam,…
More10,600 households given DKK6,000 in error but refuse to pay back the money
More than 10,000 households that were mistakenly given a DKK 6,000 (€850) heating allowance by the government last year have declined to pay back the money. 400,000 households with a pre-tax income of…
MoreEU Commission probes state aid for SAS
The European Commission has launched a new investigation into whether Denmark and Sweden acted unlawfully when they pumped around DKK7.bn (€1bn) of state aid into Scandinavian Airways (SAS) in 2020 to keep the struggling…
MoreTax fraudster in court today
One of the main suspects in the 2016 multi-billion share dividend scam will appear before Glostrup District Court this morning after being extradited from the UK, Tuesday. 51-year-old British hedge fund trader Anthony…
MoreBusiness shorts
Airport boss nabs Heathrow job….Record revenues for Danish juice chain….Pension company gives climate warning to U.S. banks….Danish brewer acquires Dutch company…. London Heathrow has appointed the boss of Copenhagen Airport, Thomas Woldbye, as…
MoreMulti-million civil aid package for Ukraine
The government has allocated DKK615m ($89m) in its first civil aid support package to Ukraine, part of the DKK21.9bn Ukraine Fund. Launched Monday, the Reconstruction Package 1 will be targeted towards the reconstruction…
MoreNew fighter jets will arrive in October
The Danish Air Force will take delivery of the first four F-35A Lightning II Joint Strike Fighters on October 1st at Skrydstrup Air Force Base in Southern Jutland. Their arrival will be celebrated with a…
MoreWar boost for former PM
The war in Ukraine has helped to provide record earnings for ex-prime minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen’s consultancy company. Global Consulting’s latest accounts, published Monday, show a profit of DKK3.6m ($520,000) in 2022, one…
MoreChinese auhorities issue arrest warrant for Denmark-linked activist
Hong Kong has issued arrest warrants for eight overseas democracy activists, including Ted Hui who’s closely linked to Denmark. In 2020 Mr Hui, who now resides in Australia, travelled to Copenhagen on the…
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