Posted on 11. Nov, 2016 in: News

Nordic neighbours agree on military cooperation

Denmark and its four Nordic neighbours have signed an agreement that will provide easy military access to each other’s territories in peacetime. After Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden – the nations that…

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Posted on 11. Nov, 2016 in: News

Danes don’t like Trump

Donald Trump is a very unpopular figure throughout the world but nowhere more so than in this country. A YouGov international poll shows that only 4% of the Danish public wanted to see the…

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Posted on 11. Nov, 2016 in: News

Slight price rise

Consumer prices rose slightly  in October after remaining flat in the previous month. The latest figures from Statistics Denmark show the consumer price index rose 0.3 percent year-over-year in October. In September, prices…

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Posted on 11. Nov, 2016 in: News

Copenhagen lobbying for EU medicines agency

Denmark is one of a number of countries hoping to host the European Medicines Agency (EMA), currently based in London but likely to relocate when the UK leaves the EU. The agency employs…

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Danish Crown makes multi-million investment in China

Danish Crown, the world’s largest pork exporter, is to open a DKK300m (€40m) processing and retail product facility in Shanghai, China, to deal with increasing demand. The cooperative, which employs 26,000 people worldwide and is…

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Posted on 10. Nov, 2016 in: News

What effect will Trump have on Denmark?

Donald Trump’s presidency could have decisive influence on Denmark in areas such as free-trade, defence spending, and the climate – DR News charts the most sensitive issues: Increased defence budget/NATO: USA has consistently…

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Posted on 10. Nov, 2016 in: News

Danish politicians on Trump: ‘Good reasons to feel insecure’

Prime Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen congratulated Donald Trump on his victory but urged him to ‘stop being confrontational’ and become an ‘open and constructive president’. Speaking to reporters after the results were clear,…

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Posted on 10. Nov, 2016 in: News

Fogh: NATO weakened by US election

NATO is weaker today than it was yesterday, former NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen said Wednesday after Donald Trump was elected president of the USA. In an interview with TV2 News, the…

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Posted on 10. Nov, 2016 in: News

Trump’s anti-trade policy ‘bad for Maersk, bad for Danish economy’

Shares in shipping and oil giant A.P. Moller-Maersk (APM) dipped sharply on Wednesday as the prospect of a Trump presidency provoked fear of a shift toward policies that are hostile toward global trade….

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Posted on 10. Nov, 2016 in: News

Novo Nordisk wins California medicine battle

Shares in Novo Nordisk rose sharply, Wednesday, after a California ballot initiative, Proposition 61, aimed at reining in rising prices for prescription drugs, was rejected by voters. Ahead of the election it was…

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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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