Posted on 06. Aug, 2020 in: News

650 jobs lost at Copenhagen Airport as devastation continues

Copenhagen Airport (CPH) has announced plans to lay off a quarter of its workforce – 650 full-time employees – due to the reduced passenger traffic amid the Covid-19 pandemic. The airport plans to…

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Posted on 05. Aug, 2020 in: News

Health supremo urges government to pause phase 4 following spike in infections

Head of the National Serum Institute, Kåre Mølbak, has advised against allowing nightclubs and music venues to reopen within the near future. In response to the recent increase in COVID-19 infections Denmark’s ‘health…

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Posted on 05. Aug, 2020 in: News

Health Minister: Nightclubs to stay shuttered

Health Minister Magnus Heunicke said last night that he wouldn’t give night clubs and discos the green light to open under the upcoming ‘phase 4’ easing of restrictions if the health authorities advise…

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Posted on 05. Aug, 2020 in: News

Infections continue to rise

77 new corona cases were confirmed, Tuesday, but the number of people hospitalised by the virus remained the same at 24. There were no new deaths. Although political parties have expressed concern about…

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Posted on 05. Aug, 2020 in: News

Somalis in Aarhus hit by corona

104 new corona cases have been registered in Denmark’s ’second-city’, Aarhus, over the past week and half of them involved members of the local Somalian community. Mayor Jacob Bundsgaard said the authorities have…

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Posted on 05. Aug, 2020 in: News

‘Godhavns boys’ sue the state

15 of the so-called ‘Godhavns Boys’ who were beaten, abused and subjected to medical experiments when placed in a children’s home on Bornholm between 1946-76 are suing the state for DKK4.5m. When the…

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Posted on 05. Aug, 2020 in: News

Prince discharged from hospital following brain surgery

Prince Joachim, Queen Margrethe’s second son, has been discharged from the hospital in France where he underwent emergency brain surgery ten days ago. He is currently recuperating at the Royal Family’s summer residence,…

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Posted on 05. Aug, 2020 in: News

Bureaucratic red tape strangling entrepreneurship

More than 1 in 3 Danish companies believe government red tape and bureaucracy is a barrier to increasing turnover and growing their business, a new survey by the Danish Entrepreneurship Association (DIF) shows….

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Posted on 04. Aug, 2020 in: News

DPP’s attack on Islam could violate constitution

The ‘Islamification of Denmark’ is high on the agenda of the Danish People’s Party’s (DPP) summer conference that got underway, Monday, but some of the far-reaching proposals put forward could be in violation…

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Posted on 04. Aug, 2020 in: News

Change at the top as populists try to halt slump

Controversial MP Morten Messerschmidt has been appointed deputy leader of the Danish People’s Party (DPP) replacing Søren Espersen who’s stepped down from the leadership group. The news was announced at the populist party’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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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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