Posted on 20. Mar, 2019 in: News

Copenhagen 7th most expensive city in the world

Copenhagen is 7th this year on the British Economist magazine’s annual list of the world’s most expensive cities. For the first time in its 30-year history, the Worldwide Cost of Living Survey, which compares prices…

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Posted on 20. Mar, 2019 in: News

Danske Bank hit with DKK3bn lawsuit

Less than a week after two of Denmark’s biggest pension providers, ATP and Pension Danmark, declined to join a collective compensation claim against Danske Bank for losses suffered due to the money laundering…

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Posted on 19. Mar, 2019 in: News

76,400 living in parallel society

Prime Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen has again vowed to halt the growth of the parallel society following a new report  showing 76,400 people from ethnic minorities in 2015 were living isolated from mainstream Denmark…

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Posted on 19. Mar, 2019 in: News

Integration in Copenhagen improving but less respect for democracy

There’s good – and bad – news for the state of integration in Copenhagen. While more people from ethnic minorities are in work, the same group has less respect for democracy. City Hall’s…

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Posted on 19. Mar, 2019 in: News

10% of workers are from abroad – Poles lead the way

10% of the Danish labour market is ‘foreign born’ a new report by Statistics Denmark shows, compared to around only 7% ten years ago. Poland is the biggest supplier of workers, followed by…

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Posted on 19. Mar, 2019 in: News

Løkke extends condolences to Netherlands

Prime Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen has expressed his sympathy to the government and people of the Netherlands following the shooting that left three people dead and five others wounded on a tram in…

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Posted on 19. Mar, 2019 in: News

PM backs price hike for cigarettes

Prime Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen is ready to increase the price of a packet of cigarettes but has declined to say by how much. In an interview with Monday Morning magazine, focussing on…

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Posted on 19. Mar, 2019 in: News

DPP: Human rights convention blocks immigration changes

The Danish People’s Party (DPP) has suggested Denmark should pull out of the European Human Rights convention by the end of this year as it’s standing in the way of the paradigm change in…

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Posted on 19. Mar, 2019 in: News

No bonus for Danske Bank executives after scandal year

Danske Bank executives have, unsurprisingly, declined financial bonuses for 2018 following the money laundering scandal. Since the scandal surfaced last year the bank has replaced its CEO and chairman, pulled out of Russia…

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Posted on 19. Mar, 2019 in: News

Business shorts

Danske Bank shareholders reject new probe / Queen heads trade push to Argentina /  Houising prices hit 27-year high…. Danske Bank shareholders have said no to yet another investigation into the Estonia money…

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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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