Posted on 12. Nov, 2019 in: News

Crown Prince couple head for Poland

Crown Prince Frederik and Crown Princess Mary will travel to Poland on November 25th to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the re-opening of diplomatic relations between the two countries. Poland re-emerged as an independent…

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Posted on 12. Nov, 2019 in: News

Inflation up but wages rise faster

Inflation rose by 0.6% in October, up from 0.5% the previous month as increases in rents, food, and heating pushed consumer prices up. However the rate of inflation remains lower than the EU…

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Posted on 12. Nov, 2019 in: News

EIB offers growth capital for small Danish companies

Investment doors have opened for small and medium-sized (SME) companies looking for capital after the Danish Growth Fund (Vækstfonden) and European Investment Bank (EIB) signed an agreement, Monday, to provide a total of…

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Posted on 12. Nov, 2019 in: News

Business shorts

LEGO owners bitten by stock market /  Nord Stream 2 on track / Maersk boss steps down…… The billionaire owners of global toy giant Lego suffered a stinging loss last week after one…

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Posted on 11. Nov, 2019 in: News

Jewish cemetery desecrated in weekend of anti-Semitic attacks

Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen has condemned an attack on a Jewish cemetery in Randers where more than 80 headstones were overturned and vandalised with green paint, Saturday. The PM said anti-Semitism and racism…

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Government appoints 15 climate ambassadors

The government has named 15 ambassadors abroad as ‘climate frontliners’ with a mandate to promote green Danish solutions under a new climate supremo, Ambassador Tomas Anker Christensen, a former top UN diplomat currently…

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Posted on 11. Nov, 2019 in: News

LA facing extinction

The Liberal Alliance (LA), part of government five months ago, would disappear from parliament if an election was held right now. A new Kantar Gallup poll shows the business-friendly party, which was decimated…

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Criminals offered cash bonus to move from ghettos

The Danish People’s Party (DPP) has condemned a move by Odense City Council to offer convicted criminals a cash bonus of DKK 15,000 ($2,200) plus rent assistance to relocate from crime-ridden social housing…

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Posted on 11. Nov, 2019 in: News

Drinking warning: Cancer Society sounds the alarm

The average Dane drinks around nine litres of pure alcohol annually, the equivalent of 600 beers according to a new report by the Danish Cancer Society published in conjunction with a new campaign,…

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Posted on 11. Nov, 2019 in: News

Danske Bank offered gold to ‘shady’ Russian clients

At the height of the money-laundering scandal Danske Bank offered shady Russian customers anonymity if they bought bars of gold for their money, new documents reveal. Berlingske, citing Bloomberg News, reports how Danske’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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