Posted on 11. Dec, 2020 in: News

Minkgate Commission: No stone will be left unturned

A cross-party parliamentary majority has agreed on the framework for an independent investigation commission to probe the minkgate scandal. A high court judge will lead the investigation and witnesses will be legally required to…

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Posted on 11. Dec, 2020 in: News

New problem for PM

Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen made a personal call to the head of the Danish Mink Breeders Association on November 7th and informed him that a mass cull of Denmark’s entire mink population was…

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Posted on 11. Dec, 2020 in: News

Business shorts

Ørsted inks energy deal with Amazon….National Bank defends negative interest policy….Inflation creeps up…. Green energy company Ørsted has signed an ‘historic deal’ with Amazon, which plans to source 100% of its energy from…

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Posted on 10. Dec, 2020 in: News

Russian national charged with espionage

A Russian national has been charged with spying on a Danish company. The unnamed person, a former employee of SerEnergy Ltd in north Jutland, has been detained since July on suspicion of passing…

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Posted on 10. Dec, 2020 in: News

Mette F. 18th on global powerful women list

Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen is ranked 18th on American magazine Forbes’ annual list of the world’s most powerful women in politics. German Chancellor Angela Merkel retains the top 1 spot on for the…

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Posted on 10. Dec, 2020 in: News

Virus updates

Rapid rise in infections….Positivity rate hits new high…Face mask requirement extended to March… The number of corona infections continues to rise at an alarming rate – 2,558 new cases were registered, Wednesday, the…

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Posted on 10. Dec, 2020 in: News

Infection rate surpasses dire forecasts

The rapidly rising infection rate is exceeding even the most pessimistic forecasts. On Monday the National Serum Institute projected that the daily infection figures would rise by 4% daily for the rest of…

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Posted on 10. Dec, 2020 in: News

New outbreak of bird flu

The health authorities have ordered 700 chickens to be culled at a farm near Jelling in south Jutland after finding H5N8 bird flu in poultry, the latest in a series of outbreaks over…

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Posted on 10. Dec, 2020 in: News

Imports, exports down

The corona crisis hit both exports and imports in October. The latest Statistics Denmark figures, published Wednesday, show exports fell by 6.3% year-on-year in October, after a 5% growth in September, mainly due…

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Posted on 10. Dec, 2020 in: News

Business shorts

Business sector to foot the bill for green tax reform….National Bank applies to join EU money transfer system….Organic imports and exports up…. It’s the business sector that will foot a great part 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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