Posted on 26. Feb, 2019 in: News

Nordic countries join forces in 5G trial amidst concerns about Huawei

Sweden’s Telia and Norway’s Telenor have announced plans to conduct a 5G mobile network trial with Finland’s Nokia in Denmark, in direct competition with China’s Huawei. The announcement, Monday, came after a number of…

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Posted on 26. Feb, 2019 in: News

Global window company in corruption scandal

A former top executive at Velux, the world’s leading manufacturer of roof windows and skylights, has been charged with industrial espionage in the latest corruption scandal to hit the Danish business sector. The…

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Posted on 26. Feb, 2019 in: News

Denmark low on ‘green transport’ – Sweden leads the way

Denmark is a lowly 11th on a Eurostat list of the share of energy from renewable sources used for transport in the European Union (EU). The EU average stood at 7.6 % in…

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Posted on 26. Feb, 2019 in: News

Business shorts

Vestas turbines to power 200,000 homes in Western Australia / Slight dip in retail sales / Nordea HQ to become new Hilton hotel…. Wind energy giant Vestas has signed a DKK1.9bn ($286m) contract with…

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Posted on 25. Feb, 2019 in: News

PM in Egypt: No cooperation with Syria on foreign fighters

Prime Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen has dismissed calls to prosecute Danish foreign fighters in Syria where they are imprisoned. Speaking from the first ever EU-Arab League Summit in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt, Sunday, the…

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Posted on 25. Feb, 2019 in: News

Security alert at ministers’ homes

PET (Danish Intelligence) was last night reluctant to explain why security was tightened outside the homes of Justice Minister Søren Pape Poulsen and Integration Minister Inger Støjberg, Sunday. Following reports that ‘heavily armed…

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Posted on 25. Feb, 2019 in: News

Social Democrat leader offers support for depressed party whip

Social Democrat leader Mette Frederiksen has given party whip Henrik Sass Larsen a vote of confidence after he admitted to suffering from bouts of depression. The opposition leader said she would have no…

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Posted on 25. Feb, 2019 in: News

LA youth wing rocked by sex allegations

Police are investigating allegations of sexual abuse against young female members of the Liberal Alliance’s youth wing (LAU). In an anonymous ‘witness declaration’, seven young women claim to have suffered rape, harassment, and…

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Posted on 25. Feb, 2019 in: News

Anti-Israel demonstrators at song contest

Demonstrators gathered outside the Boxen Arena in Herning, Saturday, in protest against this year’s Eurovision song contest being held in Israel. As Danish artists battled to become Denmark’s representative this year, a group…

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Posted on 25. Feb, 2019 in: News

More Swedbank links to Danske scandal

A global advisory services and accounting company hired by Swedbank last week, following a report that linked the Swedish bank to the Danske Bank money laundering scandal, has been under investigation in this…

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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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