Posted on 10. Feb, 2022 in: News

Mærsk pays less than 4% tax on DKK117bn earnings

A.P. Møller-Maersk (APM) published its 2021 financial report, Wednesday showing the biggest-ever annual profit in the history of Denmark. The company reported record earnings of DKK117.5bn yet paid only DKK4.5b in tax, leading…

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Posted on 09. Feb, 2022 in: News

Mette fires warning shot at Putin

If Russia invades Ukraine it will trigger a fierce reaction of ‘massive political and economic repercussions’ from the western world, Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen told parliament, Tuesday. While declining to go into detail…

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Posted on 09. Feb, 2022 in: News

Military experts: Denmark finally taking Russian threat seriously

Denmark’s increased level of military preparedness is the first sign that the Russian threat is being taken seriously in this country, experts said yesterday after Danish Defence announced it was assembling a combat…

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Posted on 09. Feb, 2022 in: News

No movement on government’s offshore asylum plan

The government still hasn’t found a country outside the EU willing to host a processing centre for asylum seekers, twelve months after Immigration Minister said the plans were ‘well advanced’ and the first…

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Posted on 09. Feb, 2022 in: News

Convicted Iranian spies defend ‘legitimate’ project

The guilty verdict handed down to three Iranian nationals last week for espionage against Iran and promoting terrorism will provide the government in Teheran with an excuse to carry out a number of executions…

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Posted on 09. Feb, 2022 in: News

Human rights organisation denounces Denmark’s ‘racist’ ghetto policy

The Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Monitor has denounced Denmark’s anti-ghetto legislation as ‘disguised racism’. In a new report published this week, the independent, nonprofit organisation for the protection of human rights, popularly known as Euro-Med Monitor, describes the  ghetto…

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Posted on 09. Feb, 2022 in: News

Virus updates

Positivity rate hits new high…’R’ rate remains stable as infections fall in Copenhagen…New York Times reports on Denmark’s ‘party atmosphere’ … 49,798 new corona cases were confirmed, Tuesday, as nearly 1 in 3 (32%)…

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Posted on 09. Feb, 2022 in: News

Exports down, imports up

A decline in exports caused the balance of payments surplus to fall in December, to DKK 14.1bn ($2.1bn) from DKK 18.2bn ($2.8bn) in November. The latest Statistics Denmark figures show exports decreased 2.1…

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Posted on 08. Feb, 2022 in: News

New defence minister: Arms to Ukraine still a possibility

New defence minister, Morten Bødskov, has declined to rule out supplying Ukraine with arms and military hardware. In an interview with TV2 last night Mr Bødskov, who only replaced Trine Bramsen on Friday,…

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Posted on 08. Feb, 2022 in: News

President Biden makes Nord Stream 2 threat

US President Joe Biden warned yesterday that the controversial Russia-Germany Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline project, which passes through Denmark’s territorial waters in the Baltic Sea, would be closed down if Russia invades Ukraine….

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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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