Posted on 22. Mar, 2019 in: News

PM cagey on Vestager’s EU Commission bid

Margrethe Vestager has done an ‘excellent job’ as EU Commissioner but it’s too early to say whether she’ll have support from Denmark to stay on in Brussels after the election, Prime Minister said…

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Posted on 22. Mar, 2019 in: News

Islamic State recruiter arrives in Copenhagen today

A young Danish woman suspected of suspected of recruiting western women for the Islamic State (ISIS) has been deported from Turkey. Turkish media, including CNN Türk, report this morning that the woman, arrested…

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Posted on 22. Mar, 2019 in: News

Danish-owned international company accused of suppressing democratic rights

Danish-owned ISS, one of the world’s leading facility services companies, has been accused of abusing workers’ human rights and suppressing freedom of speech by trying to ban a trade union from conducting political campaigns….

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Posted on 22. Mar, 2019 in: News

Money laundering millions flowed through Copenhagen ‘mini-bank’

One of the country’s smallest banks could have been at the centre of the biggest money laundering scandal ever on Danish territory. Financial daily Børsen reports how foreign business customers funneled up to…

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Posted on 22. Mar, 2019 in: News

Consumers optimistic

  Consumer confidence rose to 3.8 points in March from 3.3 points in February, matching the average of the last six months Statistics Denmark said on Thursday. The monthly survey asks a cross…

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Posted on 21. Mar, 2019 in: News

Lawmakers move to stop Muslim prayer gathering at Christiansborg

MPs have denounced Islamic organisation Hizb ut-Tahrir’s plan to hold Friday prayers outside parliament at Christansborg tomorrow to commemorate those who died in last week’s terrorist attack in New Zealand. Speaker of the…

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Posted on 21. Mar, 2019 in: News

Undercover agent who spied on al-Qeada awarded compensation

The Danish authorities have officially acknowledged they employed an undercover agent involved in the murder of an al-Qeada leader. Although Danish Intelligence (PET) has consistently denied Morten Storm’s claim that, as a jihadist,…

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Posted on 21. Mar, 2019 in: News

Denmark number 2 in happiness

Danes aren’t quite as miserable as they were last year, at least according to the 2019 World Happiness Report, released Wednesday. Finland has been crowned the happiest country in the world for the…

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Posted on 21. Mar, 2019 in: News

Liberals’ policy spokeswoman denies campaign violations

The ruling Liberals’ policy spokeswoman Britt Bager has dismissed allegations she broke campaign donation laws when she received DKK100,000 in 2015 from one single donor. The rules for political donations state that a party or…

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Posted on 21. Mar, 2019 in: News

Ex-PM to promote blockchain technology

Ex-prime minister and former NATO secretary general Anders Fogh Rasmussen has got a new job as a ‘strategic advisor’ for billionaire Lars Seier Christensen’s latest investment, the blockchain network Concordium. Mr Christensen, who…

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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-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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