Posted on 30. Mar, 2021 in: News

Ministry tells Danes to get out of Myanmar

The Foreign Ministry has advised all Danish nationals in Myanmar to leave the country as soon as possible amidst the violence due to the military coup. According to Denmark’s ambassador, John Nielsen, there…

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Posted on 30. Mar, 2021 in: News

Business organisation: Student loans not grants

The Danish Chamber of Commerce (DCC) is pushing for reform of the generous student grant (SU) system. The DCC has proposed that those who carry on studying after bachelor level should be offered…

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Posted on 30. Mar, 2021 in: News

Arrest order for tax scammers

Glostrup District Court has issued an international arrest order for the two alleged kingpins behind the multi-billion share dividend scandal.  In January the two British nationals – Sanjay Shah and Anthony Mark Patterson…

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Posted on 29. Mar, 2021 in: News

Easter repatriation plan for Danish kids in Syria?

Following a top-level meeting with the intelligence agencies on Friday there are signs the government is ready to soften its hard-line stance on Danish kids trapped in Syrian detention camps. Two ethnic Danish…

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Posted on 29. Mar, 2021 in: News

Denmark ready to challenge EU on minimum wage

The EU’s move to impose an EU-wide minimum wage could provoke a showdown with Denmark. In an interview with Bloomberg, Danish Employment Minister Peter Hummelgaard Thomsen said sovereignty over labour market laws has…

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Posted on 29. Mar, 2021 in: News

Danish players make Qatar protest ahead of World Cup qualifier

Denmark has joined the growing number of European international teams to make a public protest against the treatment of migrant workers involved in building venues for the 2022 World Cup in Qatar. Ahead…

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Posted on 29. Mar, 2021 in: News

Anti-vaxxers protest again

The anti-vaxxer Men in Black movement marched through the streets of Copenhagen again, Saturday evening, in protest against a new law that that calls for a ’double-jeopardy’ sentence for committing a crime linked…

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Posted on 29. Mar, 2021 in: News

Virus updates

Infections rising….11.6% vaccinated…Travel restrictions extended to April 20th…. 964 new corona cases were reported, Sunday, based on more than a quarter of a million tests – a positivity rate of 0.38%. At the…

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Posted on 29. Mar, 2021 in: News

New bill would make Facebook, Google pay for news

The government has proposed ‘Australian type’ legislation that would require tech giants such as Facebook and Google to pay for news content on their platforms. After posting a new bill in parliament, Friday,…

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Posted on 29. Mar, 2021 in: News

Business shorts

22 Maersk ships stuck in Suez….Slight increase in retail sales…. 22 Maersk ships are currently stuck in the Suez Canal ’traffic jam’. Until further notice the company, the world’s biggest container carrier, has…

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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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