Posted on 29. Oct, 2018 in: News

Finance, tax scandals on election agenda

The Danske Bank money laundering scandal and the Tax Authority’s (SKAT) multi-billion share dividend-tax fraud will have major implications for the general election to be held before June 2019, according to US new…

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Posted on 29. Oct, 2018 in: News

Løkke on Arctic patrol

Prime Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen spent Friday night in the arctic wilderness of north-east Greenland as a guest of the Sirius Dog Sled Patrol (Siriuspatruljen), an elite Danish naval unit. In a Ministry of State press…

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Posted on 29. Oct, 2018 in: News

Russian protest against NATO exercise

Russia’s embassy in Oslo has protested against the NATO military exercise, Trident Juncture, that got underway in Norway last week with around 50,000 troops from 31 countries. Denmark has sent more than 1,000 soldiers,…

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Posted on 29. Oct, 2018 in: News

Danes satisfied with work/life balance

Around half of the Danish population are satisfied with their work/life balance, compared to just one in six in Romania. The high ‘satisfaction factor’ puts Denmark at number 2 on a new EU…

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Posted on 29. Oct, 2018 in: News

Investors desert Danske Bank

Wealthy investors have turned their back on Danske Bank in the wake of money laundering scandal. A new survey from Swedish consultancy firm Prospera shows Danske is now the least preferred of the…

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Posted on 29. Oct, 2018 in: News

Business shorts

Retail sales up / Danish companies invest in UK to counter Brexit / SAS upgrade at airport  The retail sales index rose 0.7 percent in September from a year earlier. The latest Statistics…

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Posted on 28. Oct, 2018 in: TWTW

The Week That Was, October 22nd – 28th 201

Politics/Economy: Although the Danish People’s Party (DPP) and Social Democrats (S) have moved closer together on a number of issues over the past couple of years, new figures showed the main opposition party…

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Posted on 26. Oct, 2018 in: News

Army boss accused of nepotism, abuse of power

The Chief of Staff of the Danish army has been suspended pending an investigation into allegations of nepotism and abuse of power. The Defence Ministry said Major General Hans-Christian Mathiesen is to be…

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Posted on 26. Oct, 2018 in: News

Defence Minister’s warning to Russia

Ahead of the 31-country NATO exercise that got underway in Norway, Thursday, Defence Minister Claus Hjort Frederiksen and his Nordic counterparts issued a warning in Dagens Nyheter, one of Sweden’s largest newspapers. In…

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Posted on 26. Oct, 2018 in: News

New poll signals tight race as Social Liberals gain ground

A new poll projects a an extremely tight race in the general election that’s required to be held before June next year. The latest Megafon voter survey shows 49.4% of the electorate would…

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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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