Posted on 28. Jun, 2017 in: News

Man charged with police murder

A 26-year-old deranged man who shot a policeman in the head outside Albertslund police station was charged with murder, Tuesday. Senior prosecutor Lise-Lotte Nilas said Tuesday that the man, who bears a ‘hatred…

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Posted on 28. Jun, 2017 in: News

Retail sales flatline

Retail sales disappointed in May after showing encouraging signs in the previous four months. The latest figures from Statistics Denmark show a slight 0.1% increase, far less than expected, following a 0.2 percent…

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Posted on 28. Jun, 2017 in: News

Business shorts

H.C. Andersen theme park in China / Vestager hits Goggle with €2.4bn  fine / Coal plant goes green H.C. Andersen: A theme park dedicated to Danish fairy tales writer, Hans Christian Andersen, has finally…

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Posted on 27. Jun, 2017 in: News

DPP to launch child bride bill

The Danish People’s Party (DPP) will put forward a bill before the summer recess outlawing marriages involving a minor. Although Integration Minister Inger Støjberg is still being dogged by the child bride controversy,…

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Posted on 27. Jun, 2017 in: News

LA paying for government’s failures

The Liberal Alliance (LA), continues to lose support. A new Norstat poll shows the coaltion party would win less than 5% of the vote and only eight seats if an election was held…

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Posted on 27. Jun, 2017 in: News

New poll indicates left wing majority at City Hall

The far-left Red/Green Alliance and Social Democrats are neck and neck in the race to win power at Copenhagen City Hall. A new Gallup poll for Berlingske ahead of November’s local government elections…

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Posted on 27. Jun, 2017 in: News

Denmark’s negative image scares off eggheads

Danish companies desperate to attract much-needed skilled foreign manpower to fill the labour gap are struggling with a negative image of Denmark in foreign media. Although Denmark was ranked the best place on…

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Posted on 27. Jun, 2017 in: News

IMF highlights need for lower taxes

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has urged the government to lower taxes as part of its upcoming labour market reform programme. But at the same time the IMF noted ‘increasing resistance’ to such…

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Posted on 27. Jun, 2017 in: News

Denmark and Sweden join forces on ‘HH link’

The Danish and Swedish authorities have put together a joint working group that will over the next three years examine the viability of an underwater tunnel between Helsingør in Denmark and Helsingborg in…

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Posted on 27. Jun, 2017 in: News

Vestager to hit Google with record fine

Denmark’s EU Competition Commissioner, Margrethe Vestager, is set to slap Google with the biggest fine in EU history today. US media reports the EU could hand down a $1.2 billion fine to the…

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7:59 – All the Danish News That Fits

7:59 – Danish News Today, is the most reliable source of daily Danish news in English for diplomats, the ex-pat community, the business sector, or anyone in Denmark or abroad seeking an insight into what’s happening in Denmark right now.

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