Posted on 25. Jul, 2018 in: News

Slovak jailed for gay attack appeals deportation

A 34-year-old Slovakian national who was sentenced to 40 days in prison, with deportation to follow, for assaulting the partner of Justice Minister Søren Pape Poulsen has launched an appeal. His lawyer, Erbil…

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Posted on 25. Jul, 2018 in: News

Vestager dishes out more fines

After hitting Google with a record five-billion dollar fine last week Danish EU Competition Commissioner Margrethe Vestager followed up, Tuesday, by imposing a fine of 111 million euros ($130 million) on four consumer…

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Posted on 25. Jul, 2018 in: News

Employment at an all-time high

The rate of employment hit a record high in May with 2.743.400 people in the labour market, the latest Statistics Denmark figures show. And according to Sydbank analyst Søren Kristensen there’s more to…

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Posted on 24. Jul, 2018 in: News

Liberals renew tax debate ahead of election

The ‘work vs. welfare’ debate could be a key issue in the upcoming election that’s required to be held before June 2019. Since 2015 the Liberals have preached the mantra that lower taxes…

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Posted on 24. Jul, 2018 in: News

Russian threat to Danish election

The threat of possible Russian influence on the next Danish general election is real and should be taken very seriously, one of Denmark’s leading military experts has warned. In a lengthy interview with…

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Posted on 24. Jul, 2018 in: News

We need foreign manpower – or do we?

The Social Liberals (R) have urged the government to ease the way for foreign workers to come to Denmark. In an interview with TV2 the party’s finance spokesman, former foreign minister Martin Lidegaard, said…

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Posted on 24. Jul, 2018 in: News

Brexit warning for Denmark

Denmark will be one of the countries hardest hit by Brexit, a new International Monetary Fund (IMF) shows. If the EU and UK agree on a free-trade deal the IMF predicts Danish GDP…

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Posted on 24. Jul, 2018 in: News

Danske Bank ignored the warnings

Criminals continued to launder money through Danske Bank Estonia even when the bank was under investigation. U.S. court documents obtained by Berlingske reveal that more than DKK55m ($8.8m) embezzled from an American company…

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Posted on 24. Jul, 2018 in: News

Problems mount up for Danske Bank

Danske Bank is one of five major banks in the Nordic region that have been fined a total of €2.5m after Europe’s markets watchdog found they had negligently breached EU rules by issuing…

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Posted on 24. Jul, 2018 in: News

Business shorts

Pandora cuts Chinese prices / Maersk back in business in Nigeria Global Danish jeweller Pandora is cutting retail prices on most of its jewellery sold in China by 15% to combat the sale…

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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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7:59: TODAS LAS NOTICIAS DANESAS DEL MOMENTO.
7:59-Noticias Danesas de Hoy es una nueva fuente de noticias en inglés dirigida especialmente al cuerpo diplomático, extranjeros viviendo en Dinamarca

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