Posted on 19. Nov, 2019 in: News

Anti-migrant party suggests social benefits for Danes only

More than half of the 372 people charged with social fraud during the first six months of the year for travelling abroad while claiming unemployment benefits were from ethnic minorities and a third…

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Posted on 19. Nov, 2019 in: News

Authorities sound the alarm as swine fever moves closer

The Danish agricultural authorities have expressed alarm about the growing threat of swine fever, which has moved westwards in Poland and was found in a dead wild boar only 85 km from the…

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Posted on 19. Nov, 2019 in: News

Viking Link ‘money-spinner’ could be costly for consumers

The DKK 11bn Viking Link, a 750-kilometre-long cable between the UK and Denmark, which was touted as a financial benefit for society when approved two years ago, could end up costing Danish consumers…

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Posted on 19. Nov, 2019 in: News

Minister calls for probe into Danske Bank’s gold bar offer

Politicians on both sides of the aisle have called for a probe into allegations that at the height of the money-laundering scandal Danske Bank offered shady Russian customers anonymity if they bought bars of gold…

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Posted on 19. Nov, 2019 in: News

Business shorts

Ørsted issues green bonds in Taiwan / Nordic countries corruption-free image damaged /  Vestas finishes Ukraine project…. A week after the government and National Bank announced they are exploring  possibilities of issuing ‘green’…

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Posted on 18. Nov, 2019 in: News

Støjberg denounces ‘politically correct’ treatment of Muslims

Ex-immigration minister Inger Støjberg again stirred up the integration debate at the Liberals’ annual party conference over the weekend. In a hard-hitting op-ed article in tabloid daily BT earlier this month Ms Støjberg…

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Posted on 18. Nov, 2019 in: News

No consular help for foreign fighters

Danish foreign fighters abroad will no longer be offered consular or legal assistance by Danish embassies. Following the controversy surrounding the repatriation of of jihadist Ahmad Salem el-Haj,  who was remanded in custody for…

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Posted on 18. Nov, 2019 in: News

Red/Greens: Criminals have rights too

Denmark has a duty to help all Danish citizens in trouble abroad, even criminals, the Red/Greens said yesterday in response to reports that the government is working on legislation that will prevent foreign…

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Posted on 18. Nov, 2019 in: News

PM heads for asylum talks with Macron

Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen travels to Paris today for talks with President Macron, where a new EU asylum policy high on the agenda. The Danish PM has said the current system has failed…

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Posted on 18. Nov, 2019 in: News

New Liberal leader – same policies

The honeymoon period is over for new Liberal leader Jacob Ellemann Jensen whose first speech as leader to the party’s annual convention, Saturday, was criticised as ‘hazy’ and ‘lacking political content’ by leading…

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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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