Posted on 04. Sep, 2019 in: News

Russian pipeline ‘75% completed’ but still awaiting Danish approval

The controversial Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline from Russia to Germany is 75% finished but completion depends on securing Danish approval, the consortium behind the project said yesterday. Rainer Seele, the chief executive…

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Posted on 04. Sep, 2019 in: News

Business shorts

Surprising export growth / Pension fund divests oil shares / More electric cars on the road…. Following the government’s ‘state of the economy report’, Nordea Markets noted that the Danish economy grew by…

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Posted on 03. Sep, 2019 in: News

Liberals’ power struggle gets underway

Although the Liberals’ policy spokesman Jakob Ellemann-Jensen hasn’t officially announced his candidacy for party leader he’s already held secret meetings with his potential deputy, Inger Støjberg, about future policy according to Berlingske analyst…

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Posted on 03. Sep, 2019 in: News

Jensen recounts ‘brutal and direct’ meeting

The Liberals’ Executive Committee ‘night of the long knives’ meeting, Saturday, that led to the ousting of both party leader Lars Løkke Rasmussen and deputy leader Kristian Jensen, was ‘brutal and direct’, the…

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Posted on 03. Sep, 2019 in: News

Activists were planning violent attack on anti-Islamist

Stram Kurs (Hard Line) leader Rasmus Paludan was denied the right to demonstrate in April because the police had received information about a planned attack on the anti-Islamist. According to police documents obtained…

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Posted on 03. Sep, 2019 in: News

Trump Baby flies over Copenhagen

Although Donald Trump cancelled his state visit to Denmark he was here ‘in spirit’, Monday when the giant  Baby Trump balloon that has followed the president across the world in protests flew over Kongens Nytorv…

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Posted on 03. Sep, 2019 in: News

Russian nuclear-powered ship to sail through Danish waters

Just one day after it was announced that Denmark has provisionally agreed to buy new, top of the line equipment from the U.S. that will give the Danish Navy the capability to monitor…

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Posted on 03. Sep, 2019 in: News

University rescinds controversial climate study

Aarhus University has withdrawn a controversial study that downplayed the effects of beef on the climate after it was revealed that the Danish Agriculture & Food Council, a trade organisation that promotes meat…

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Posted on 03. Sep, 2019 in: News

National Bank governor refuses to give banks a helping hand

National Bank Governor Lars Rohde has dismissed finance industry appeals to compensate banks for negative interest rates that are costing them money. Sydbank, Denmark’s third-biggest listed bank, recently placed a rate of minus…

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Posted on 02. Sep, 2019 in: News

Løkke quits

Liberal leader Lars Lokke Rasmussen dramatically resigned, Saturday. The former prime minister avoided waiting reporters after a turbulent Executive Committee board meeting but later tweeted ‘it’s important to keep one’s self respect –…

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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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