Posted on 22. Jul, 2016 in: News

Chinese data controversy: Call for new social security numbers

Anybody who suspects their social security number (CPR) has been misused by the Chinese authorities should be offered a new one, the Liberal Alliance suggested yesterday after it was revealed that sensitive health…

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Posted on 22. Jul, 2016 in: News

Turkish ambassador summoned to ministry

Turkey’s ambassador to Denmark, Mehmet Dönmez, was summoned to the Danish Foreign Ministry, Thursday, to provide an account of the current situation in his country after last week’s failed coup. In the absence…

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Posted on 22. Jul, 2016 in: News

Foreign Ministry monitoring Turkey ahead of state visit

There are no plans to cancel HM Queen Margrethe’s state visit to Turkey in October despite the political turbulence and state of emergency in the country. In an e-mail to web news site…

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Posted on 22. Jul, 2016 in: News

DPP: Homosexuality is no reason for asylum

Homosexuality doesn’t provide grounds for asylum even if the applicant risks persecution in his or her native country, the Danish People’s Party’s integration spokesman, Martin Henriksen, said last night after it was revealed…

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Posted on 22. Jul, 2016 in: News

Commissioner questions DPP’s ‘fuzzy’ EU policy

Danish EU Commissioner Margrethe Vestager has ridiculed the Danish People’s Party ‘fuzzy’ EU policy, which she compared to ‘nailing jelly to the wall’. The former Social Liberal leader said she failed to understand…

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Posted on 22. Jul, 2016 in: News

Housing market warning

Denmark’s biggest mortgage lender, Nykredit, has warned the housing market may ‘spin out of control’, especially around cities, as long-term negative interest rates make borrowers complacent. From Bloomberg News:  “To be concrete, there…

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Posted on 22. Jul, 2016 in: News

Business shorts

Danske Bank profit slips in Q2 / Maersk to fire 140 in Norway Danske: Danske Bank profit slipped 1 percent in the second quarter as income all but stagnated. Denmark’s biggest bank reported…

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Posted on 21. Jul, 2016 in: News

Personal details of 5.3 million people sent to Chinese agency in data foul-up

Sensitive health data concerning around 5.3 million people in this county – virtually the entire population – has been mistakenly sent to a to a Chinese visa office in Copenhagen, the Danish Data…

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Posted on 21. Jul, 2016 in: News

Political condemnation of data leak

Parties on both sides of the aisle have demanded a full report from Health Minister Sophie Løhde as to how sensitive health data and more than five million civil registration (CPR) numbers ended…

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Posted on 21. Jul, 2016 in: News

France and USA go it alone in strike against IS

Denmark hasn’t been asked to increase its military contribution to the fight against the Islamic State (IS) even though France and the United States are preparing a coordinated strike against the militant group’s…

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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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