Posted on 19. Aug, 2020 in: News

Greenpeace swimmers test Denmark’s green credentials

Four Danish Greenpeace activists swam out to the North Sea on Tuesday and occupied an unmanned oil production platform operated by French giant Total in an effort to show that Denmark isn’t is…

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Posted on 19. Aug, 2020 in: News

Danish tanker denied right to offload migrants in Malta

A Danish ship has for the past 14 days been anchored off the coast of Malta after rescuing migrants blocked from stepping ashore by the Maltese authorities. The Maersk Etienne tanker picked up…

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Posted on 18. Aug, 2020 in: News

PM to reveal new early retirement plan today

Denmark’s biggest business organisations have come out against the government’s plan to reduce the retirement age for ‘worn-out’ workers, one of the government’s key issues during last year’s election campaign. At a press…

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Posted on 18. Aug, 2020 in: News

Virus updates

Slight dip in infections…..Kids sent home from school…Kindergarten shuts down…. There were 123 new cases of coronavirus, Monday, a slight downturn from Friday. 16 people are hospitalised but there were no new fatalities….

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Posted on 18. Aug, 2020 in: News

Danish military beefs up Artic defences with Greenland home guard

The Danish military has taken the first step toward establishing a ’home guard’ force in Greenland that will assist regular units during non-combat operations in the Arctic. Arctic News reports that the opening on…

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Posted on 18. Aug, 2020 in: News

State earns billions from controversial Goldman Sachs deal

The controversial sell-off of a major chunk of energy giant DONG Energy in 2014 to US investment bank Goldman Sachs, which sparked off fierce opposition and led to the Socialist People’s Party (SF) pulling…

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Posted on 18. Aug, 2020 in: News

Slight dip in corona jobless figures

The ever-lengthening jobless queue during the corona crisis has shortened slightly. New labour market figures show the official unemployment rate is now 170,043 but the number who’ve filed for unemployment since March 9th…

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Posted on 18. Aug, 2020 in: News

EU approves SAS rescue plan

Denmark and Sweden’s $1.3bn emergency bailout for SAS will help the struggling airline survive the corona crisis, Denmark’s Executive Vice President of the European Commission Margrethe Vestager said last night after EU competition…

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Posted on 18. Aug, 2020 in: News

Business shorts

EU approves Mastercard takeover…..Producer prices sink again….Corona-hit Danish Crown set to reopen…… As well as green-lighting the SAS bailout deal the European Commission has conditionally approved Mastercard’s billion-dollar acquisition of Danish card payment…

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Posted on 17. Aug, 2020 in: News

Revised phase-4 agreement: Face masks mandatory on public transport

The use of face masks on public transport will become mandatory next Saturday (August 22nd) as part of the revised phase 4 of the reopening process presented by Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen, Saturday….

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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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