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It was a good week for… … Lars Findsen, head of the Military Intelligence Agency (FE) who was released from custody after being detained since before Christmas on suspicion of leaking highly classified…
MoreHigh Court orders release of top snoop
The espionage scandal took a new twist, Thursday, when the High Court ordered the release of Lars Findsen, head of the Military Intelligence Agency (FE) who’s been detained since before Christmas on suspicion…
MoreSpy boss ‘stigmatised’ for life
By choosing to release intelligence boss Lars Findsen from custody the High Court has sent a signal that the case against him isn’t as water-tight as believed, legal experts said last night. According…
MoreForeign Minister: Ukraine conflict at ‘critical phase’
Foreign Minister Jeppe Kofod has summoned parliament’s Foreign Policy Committee to a briefing this morning about the Russia-Ukraine conflict, which he said has reached a ’critical phase.’ At a press briefing last night…
MorePM: Denmark will ‘stay involved’ in Mali after troop withdrawal
France and Canada’s withdrawal of troops from Mali is ‘unfortunate but understandable’ Prime Minister Mette said yesterday on the sidelines of the European Union-African Union summit in Brussels. She said that when both…
MoreVirus updates
40,600 new corona cases were confirmed, Thursday, slightly down on the previous day as 31% of the 130.273 PCR tests taken over the 24-hour period came back positive. However, the number of people hospitalised…
MorePension majors reject climate accusations
Denmark’s biggest pension funds have pushed back on accusations they are actively counteracting green conversion by continuing to invest in ‘black’ companies that deal in oil, coal or gas. Under the heading ‘The…
MoreBankruptcy fears for SAS as shares plunge
Business analysts have warned that long-struggling Scandinavian Airlines (SAS) could be heading for bankruptcy. Following a drastic share-price downturn , Wednesday, when Scandinavia’s flagship airline saw 20% of its stock-market value disappear, Bloomberg…
MoreForeign Minister on U.S troops: We decide, not Russia
Foreign Minister Jeppe Kofod has dismissed Russian Ambassador Vladimir V. Barbin’s warning that ‘one single American soldier’ stationed on the small Danish island of Bornholm in the Baltic Sea would be seen by Moscow…
MoreDanish lawmakers call for EU payments to Poland and Hungary to be withheld
Danish MEPs in Brussels have urged the EU Commission to withhold funding to Poland and Hungary, whose governments have been accused of overseeing a decline in democratic standards. After the European Court of…
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