Posted on 29. Sep, 2021 in: News

EU focus on Arctic region

Following a fact-finding trip to Denmark, Greenland, and Iceland last week a delegation of the European Parliament’s Foreign Affairs Committee has stressed the importance of the Arctic region to Europe. Chair of the…

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Posted on 29. Sep, 2021 in: News

Virus updates

Rise in infections as virus starts to spread again…’R’ rate, positivity rate, up….All over 65s to be offered booster shot….Travel industry urges Ministry to drop restrictions…. There was a spike in infections, Tuesday,…

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Posted on 29. Sep, 2021 in: News

Corona boost for Lego as adults stay at home

The corona epidemic has been kind to Lego. The global toy giant  has published half yearly-figures showing a 140% increase in net profit during the first half of 2021, to DKK6.3bn, as sales…

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Posted on 29. Sep, 2021 in: News

Danish shares head south

The Copenhagen Stock Market took a battering, Tuesday, as the trend-setting C25 index of ‘blue-chip’ shares fell by 2.5%, the biggest single-day drop since May and the 3rd day in a row the…

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Posted on 28. Sep, 2021 in: News

Immigration Minister’s visit to refugee detention centre a ‘waste of time’

Immigration Minister Mattias Tesfaye’s ’fact-finding’ visit, Monday, to the much-maligned Kærshovedgård holding centre for failed asylum seekers and criminal refugees awaiting deportation was dismissed as a waste of time by local residents and…

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Posted on 28. Sep, 2021 in: News

Greenland’s foreign affairs minister takes the rap for ethnicity remarks

Greenland’s controversial foreign affairs minister, Pele Broberg, has been demoted following criticism of his recent interview with Berkingske. Head of the home rule administration, 34-year-old Mute Bourup Egede, will assume responsibility for foreign…

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Posted on 28. Sep, 2021 in: News

8,000 jobless immigrants could be exempt from government’s crackdown

4 out of 10 unemployed immigrants could be exempt from the government’s ‘no work, no welfare’ scheme. Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen presented a wide range of proposals earlier this month aimed at getting more…

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Posted on 28. Sep, 2021 in: News

Justice Ministry admits new snooping legislation could be knocked back by EU

A new bill that would allow telecom companies to maintain logs of all mobile calls, text messages, and which transmitter the phone was connected to at the time, risks being rejected by the…

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Posted on 28. Sep, 2021 in: News

Virus updates

333 new corona cases were registered, Monday, 20 fewer than the previous day. The positivity rate of the nearly 27,000 people tested was 1.24, a slight decrease – more concerningly, the number of…

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Posted on 28. Sep, 2021 in: News

2,500 foreign troops descend on Denmark for ‘Operation Night Hawk’

Denmark is hosting Northern Europe’s biggest military exercise for special forces over the next 10 days. 2,500 foreign troops from 13 nations will take part in ‘Operation Night Hawk’ in North Jutland, alongside…

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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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