Posted on 24. Jan, 2019 in: News

Denmark backs Venezuelan opposition leader

Denmark has recognised Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaidó as interim president. After the 35-year-old declared himself acting leader in Caracas on Wednesday, Foreign Minister Anders Samuelsen wrote on Twitter: “Denmark supports the legitimate,…

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Posted on 24. Jan, 2019 in: News

Huawei hits back at espionage accusations

Chinese tech giant Huawei has dismissed Danish fears of espionage. A number of Danish lawmakers have expressed concern about Huawei’s role as a close partner of formerly state-owned telecom company TDC in Denmark’s…

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Posted on 24. Jan, 2019 in: News

Danish Jehovah’s Witness facing prison in Russia

A Danish national is facing a lengthy prison sentence in Russia for being a member of Jehovah’s Witnesses. The public prosecutor in the southern city of Oryol has asked a court to sentence…

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Posted on 24. Jan, 2019 in: News

Consumers happy but expect economy to slow down

Denmark’s consumer confidence index rose to 3.9 points in January from 2.9 points in December, the latest Statistics Denmark data shows. The monthly survey asks a cross section of Denmark’s population its views…

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Posted on 24. Jan, 2019 in: News

Legal problems pile up for Danske Bank

Another day, another headache for Danske Bank. IMF Bentham, the largest litigation funder in Australia, has announced plans to file a shareholder lawsuit against Denmark’s biggest bank over the DKK1,500bn ($230 billion) money laundering…

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Posted on 24. Jan, 2019 in: News

Ørsted beats 7,500 companies to most sustainable energy company title

Partially state-owned Ørsted (formerly DONG) has been named the most sustainable energy company in the world by Corporate Knights, a magazine that promotes ‘clean capitalism’. Ørsted beat more than 7,500 other companies and…

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Posted on 24. Jan, 2019 in: News

Business shorts

U.S. launches probe into Danske Bank’s German ally / Electric buses ready to roll in Roskilde… The US Federal Reserve is investigating Deutsche Bank’s role in the Danske Bank money laundering scandal. The…

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Posted on 23. Jan, 2019 in: News

Defence Minister: We can’t ban Huawei

The government takes political concerns about Huawei very seriously but has no legal possibility of excluding the Chinese telecom giant from Denmark’s new 5G telecommunications infrastructure, Defence Minister Claus Hjort Frederiksen told a…

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Posted on 23. Jan, 2019 in: News

Defence Minister calls for Star Wars rules

Defence Minister Claus Hjort Frederiksen has called for international rules regarding the use of so-called killer robots – lethal autonomous weapons, LAWs, as they are known – an issue high on the agenda…

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Posted on 23. Jan, 2019 in: News

Finance Minister airs doubts about EU digital tax

France needs to show a willingness to compromise before Denmark supports the proposal for an EU-wide digital tax, Finance Minister Kristian Jensen said yesterday ahead of a Brussels meeting with his EU colleagues….

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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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