Posted on 22. Apr, 2020 in: News

Denmark 3rd in global freedom of press rankings

Denmark has risen to 3rd spot in this year’s Press Freedom Index compiled by Reporters without Borders (RSF), up two places on last year. 180 countries are ranked and the Nordic region dominates…

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Posted on 22. Apr, 2020 in: News

Homage to Hitler

Police were called out, Monday, after banners wishing Adolf Hitler a happy birthday were hung from bridges over motorways throughout Denmark. The neo-Nazi Nordfront (Nordisk Resistance Movement/NRM), which was responsible for desecrating a Jewish graveyard in…

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Posted on 22. Apr, 2020 in: News

Business shorts

Economy facing 8.3% dip in GDP….Mortgage lender hikes down payment requirement…EU approves SAS bailout…. The economy could suffer a DKK 190bn hit ($28 billion) this year as a result of a slowdown in…

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Posted on 21. Apr, 2020 in: News

Opposition decries government’s ‘flip-flop’ policy

The opposition Liberals have accused the government of a ’flip-flop’ coranavirus policy after head of the National Serum Institute, Kåre Mølbak, warned that the public could be forced to accept social distancing for…

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Posted on 21. Apr, 2020 in: News

New testing strategy

Coronavirus testing centres in the form of large, white tents have been set up near hospitals in Denmark’s five-biggest cites as part of the government’s new strategy to test every single person showing…

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Posted on 21. Apr, 2020 in: News

Virus updates

Virus figures decrease…150,000 apply for wage-aid….Tiawan/DK rapid testing kit…’Prince Fred’ gets a haircut…. 336 people suffering from covid-19 have been hospitalised as of yesterday, with 84 in intensive care. 364 infected people have…

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Posted on 21. Apr, 2020 in: News

Government alliance on course for landslide victory

The coronavirus has been disastrous for Denmark but good for the Social Democrats. The latest Voxmeter poll shows the ruling party would win 35.1% of the vote if an election was held today,…

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Posted on 21. Apr, 2020 in: News

Ambassador promises financial support for Greenland

After opening a consulate in Greenland the USA will now offer the Arctic country direct economic aid. In an article published by political news site Altinget.dk US Ambassador to Denmark Carla Sands confirms…

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Posted on 21. Apr, 2020 in: News

Tibet crackdown has cost taxpayers DKK 22m

The police crackdown on pro-Tibet demonstrators during a Chinese state visit in 2012 has so far cost the state DKK22m ($3.2m) – DKK 20m on the costs of the Tibet Commission set up…

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Posted on 21. Apr, 2020 in: News

No aid for tax-shelter companies a win for far-left

As reported, Monday, Denmark has become one of the first countries to ban companies that are registered in tax havens from receiving financial aid during the coronavirus pandemic. The government extended the business…

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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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