Posted on 30. Nov, 2020 in: News

US Ambassador sends NATO warning to Denmark

The USA’s soon to be ex-ambassador to Denmark, Carla Sands, has warned that Denmark needs to correct ‘serious deficiencies’ in its armed forces. In an op-ed piece in Berlingske this morning Ms Sands…

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Posted on 30. Nov, 2020 in: News

DPP: Deport criminal families

As part of a return to the hardline anti-immigrant policy that made it the biggest party on the right five years ago the Danish People’s Party (DPP) has called for the families of…

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Posted on 30. Nov, 2020 in: News

Virus figures up…and down

The number of daily registered corona cases dropped below 1,000, Sunday, after Saturday’s record high of 1,636. 256 virus patients are currently hospitalised but there were five fatalities over the Saturday-Sunday period, bringing…

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Posted on 30. Nov, 2020 in: News

Millions of minks could be dug up

In the latest twist to the Mingate scandal the government is considering the possibility of digging up millions of dead mink that in some locations have started to ‘rise from the grave’. As…

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Posted on 30. Nov, 2020 in: News

Embassies refuse to pay parking fines

Foreign embassies in Copenhagen have run up DKK150,00 (€20,000) in unpaid parking tickets and there’s little chance of the authorities collecting the money. A spokesman for the city’s parking department said: “Diplomats have…

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Posted on 30. Nov, 2020 in: News

Rise in average income

The average person in this country earns just over DKK20,000 ($3,000) a month after tax. New Statistics Denmark figures show the average disposable annual income in 2019 was DKK243.400, a 2.7% increase on…

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Posted on 30. Nov, 2020 in: News

Greenland PM loses leadership battle

Greenland’s Prime Minister Kim Kielsen is no longer leader of his own Siumut party after losing a run off with challenger Erik Jensen, Sunday. The leadership battle came after months of crisis within the…

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Posted on 29. Nov, 2020 in: TWTW

The Week That Was, November 23rd – November 29th 2020:

Coronavirus/ What happened last week: Health Minister Magnus Heunicke said older people,  essential workers, and the chronically ill will be the first in line to get a vaccination against corona, possibly as early…

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Posted on 27. Nov, 2020 in: News

First of 15 million vaccines may arrive in December

Older people, essential workers, and the chronically ill will be the first in line to get a vaccination against corona, Health Minister Magnus Heunicke said at a press conference last night where he…

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Posted on 27. Nov, 2020 in: News

Prime Minister breaks down after visit to mink farm

Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen was in tears at an emotional press conference in north Jutland yesterday after visiting a mink farmer and his son who lost their  livelihood following the government’s order to…

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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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