Posted on 09. Aug, 2016 in: News

Immigrants grab new jobs

New job figures reveal immigrants are far better than Danes at finding work. A new survey by weekly newsletter A4 shows that around half of all new jobs are nabbed by Swedes, Poles,…

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Posted on 09. Aug, 2016 in: News

Industrial production down

Denmark’s industrial production declined for the first time in three months in June, Industrial production fell 1.6 percent in June from a month ago, when it grew by revised 1.2 percent. The monthly…

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Finance watchdog launches probe into ‘closet indexing’

A number of Danish equity funds are suspected of overcharging their clients by using  ‘closet indexing’, a term used to describe funds that claim to be actively managed by professionals but in fact are…

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Posted on 09. Aug, 2016 in: News

Transport giant aims for driverless trucks

The CEO of DSV, the Nordic region’s biggest road transport company and the world’s fourth-largest freight forwarder, believes his trucks can start operating without drivers within the next 5-10 years. Jens Bjørn Andersen,…

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Posted on 08. Aug, 2016 in: News

Soc Dem/DPP cooperation signals problems for government

Former deadly enemies, the Social Democrats and Danish People’s Party (DPP), continue to make political overtures to each other, signalling major problems for the government. Social Democrat leader Mette Frederiksen told Berlingske, Sunday,…

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Government facing autumn of discontent

Prime Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen is heading for a ‘political minefield’ when he returns to work after the summer break today. Politiken has charted the 15 big issues on the government’s autumn political…

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LA: No tax cuts, no government

The Liberal Alliance (LA) have repeated their threat to pull the rug from under the government if it fails to deliver on tax relief. After the Social Democrats’ warned they would resist any…

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Danish F16s bomb Islamic State

Danish warplanes have bombed Islamic State (ISIS) targets in Syria for the first time ever. As part of the US-led operation “Inherent Resolve” against ISIS, four F-16s stationed at the İncirlik airbase in southern Turkey…

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Danish troops report Iraqi abuse

Danish troops in Iraq have on three separate occasions reported abuse by Iraqi security forces to military leadership. Confidential documents obtained by left-wing daily Information under the freedom of information act reveal an…

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Business shorts

Novo to build new factory despite drop in profits Novo: Pharma giant Novo Nordisk has hired industrial contractor Caverion to build a new insulin production facility in Hillerød, near Copenhagen. The €5.4m, 35,000 m2…

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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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