Posted on 07. Aug, 2020 in: News

Denmark donates money, equipment to Lebanon

The Foreign Ministry has made a DKK12m ($1.9 million) emergency donation to Lebanon following the two explosions that rocked Beirut, Tuesday. Additionally the Danish Emergency Management Agency (Beredskabsstyrelse) is also sending 600 chemical…

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Posted on 07. Aug, 2020 in: News

Travel warning for Spain

The Foreign Ministry has advised against all non-essential travel to Spain, based on the current assessment of COVID-19 risks in the country. Danes already in Spain can continue their holiday but will be…

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Posted on 07. Aug, 2020 in: News

Business shorts

Denmark losing out in tech race…..Japan wind energy deal…Novo posts profit despite corona….Thai Airways sending repatriation planes to Copenhagen… Denmark is lagging far behind in terms of becoming a technological leader. A new…

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Posted on 06. Aug, 2020 in: News

Parties query China police deal

A bilateral police training agreement between Denmark and China has set the alarm bells ringing at Christiansborg (parliament). Under the partnership signed in 2015 with China’s Ministry of Public Security, the governing police authority of…

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Posted on 06. Aug, 2020 in: News

Chinese surveillance cameras on Danish ships

88 surveillance cameras purchased from a Chinese security company banned in the U.S. have been installed on the Danish Navy’s two biggest warships, stoking fears of snooping. Although Hikvision, which calls itself the world’s…

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Posted on 06. Aug, 2020 in: News

Americans given money to go home

Five U.S. nationals have been given money by the Danish state to return home under the repatriation scheme normally reserved for refugees from hard-hit countries such as Syria, Somalia, or Iraq. Although it’s…

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Posted on 06. Aug, 2020 in: News

Government steps back from decision to accept 500 UN refugees

The government will only accept 200 UN quota refugees this year, all from Rwanda, even though money was appropriated in the 2020 budget for 500. Integration Minister Mattias Resfaye said there are still…

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Posted on 06. Aug, 2020 in: News

Anti-immigrant parties squabble over right-wing credentials

In his new role as the Danish People’s Party’s deputy leader,  Morten Messerchmidt has become embroiled in a war of words with Pernille Vermund, head of the anti-immigrant ‘New Right’ who’s accused the…

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Posted on 06. Aug, 2020 in: News

Virus updates

Infections continue to rise….Consumer spending close to Sweden’s despite lockdown….. There were 112 new cases of corona, Tuesday, the highest daily figure for three months as the virus continued its upward trajectory. However…

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Posted on 06. Aug, 2020 in: News

Danish Navy joins Arctic training exercise

Danish naval ships are currently taking part in an Arctic drill alongside the U.S. Navy and Coast Guard, the Canadian armed forces, the Royal Dutch Navy and the French navy. The Nanook-Tuugaalik 2020…

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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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