Posted on 15. Jun, 2020 in: News

Sweden’s isolation damaging for Nordic cooperation

Sweden’s continued isolation from its neighbours during the corona crisis could seriously damage Nordic cooperation, the country’s foreign minister warned over the weekend. Denmark has opened its borders today to visitors from Norway…

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Posted on 15. Jun, 2020 in: News

Think-tank: DK, Greenland and Faroes need to find common foothold in Arctic policy

A leading foreign policy think-tank has urged the government to align Denmark’s Arctic policy with Greenland and the Faroes Island to de-escalate tensions in the region, in response to a growing great-power rivalry…

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Posted on 15. Jun, 2020 in: News

Business shorts

Zero inflation….Denmark number 1 in digitisation…. Danish inflation stayed unchanged at 0.0% in May, the second consecutive month with no price increases. The low price of fuel was the main factor but analysts…

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Posted on 14. Jun, 2020 in: News

The Week That Was, June 8th – 14th 2020:

Coronavirus/ What happened last week: The prime minister made it very clear it was the government alone that made the decision to close Denmark down in mid-March – during a parliamentary consultation called…

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Posted on 12. Jun, 2020 in: News

Iranian exiles received $3m from Saudi Arabia to fund terrorism

Three exiled Iranians in Denmark allegedly received, or attempted to obtain, more than DKK20m ($3m) from a Saudi Arabian intelligence agency between 2012-2018 to fund terrorist activities. In the latest in a long…

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Posted on 12. Jun, 2020 in: News

Twitter tiff over budget deal

Jacob Ellemann-Jensen’s demand to know where the government expends to find the money to fund the proposed EU budget expansion sparked off a war of words on Twitter yesterday. Following a Finance Ministry estimate…

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Posted on 12. Jun, 2020 in: News

Ex-PM lined up to broker Libya peace deal

The U.S. wants former Danish prime minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt to help the United Nations (UN) broker a peace deal in Libya. News agency Reuters reports that U.N. chief Antonio Guterres has suggested former…

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Posted on 12. Jun, 2020 in: News

Paludan heading for prison

Rasmus Paludan, leader of the anti-Muslim Stram Kurs (Hard Line) party, could be facing a prison term. Næstved District Court will later this month be asked to rule on 14 charges put forward in…

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Posted on 12. Jun, 2020 in: News

Parties query Prince’s Paris deal

Parliament was split along party lines, Thursday, when debating whether Prince Joachim should be allowed to take his annual royal grant to Paris when he assumes his new job as Denmark’s defence attaché…

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Posted on 12. Jun, 2020 in: News

Troops, helicopters to Iraq…frigate to Strait of Hormuz

A parliamentary majority has agreed to dispatch helicopters and 285 troops to Baghdad as Denmark prepares to assume leadership of  a training mission for Iraqi security forces from Canada by the end of…

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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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