Posted on 20. Jan, 2021 in: News

Conservative leader is a rising star on the right

Voters on the right would prefer to see the Conservatives’ Søren Pape Poulsen lead the opposition instead of Jacob Ellemann Jensen, a new survey reveals – another potential nail in the coffin for…

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Posted on 20. Jan, 2021 in: News

Liberals pick new deputy leader

Regional health chairman Stephanie Lose is stepping up to the national stage as the Liberals’(Venstre) new deputy leader. Ms Lose was the only candidate to replace Inger Støjberg, who was forced to step…

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Posted on 20. Jan, 2021 in: News

SAS reported to police

Struggling Scandinavian Airlines (SAS) has been reported to the police for for failing to reimburse passengers for unused flight tickets. The Danish Transport Authority (Trafik-, Bygge- og Boligstyrelsen) which filed the charge said…

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Posted on 19. Jan, 2021 in: News

Liberals sink to new low as pressure mounts on Ellemann-Jensen

Support for the Liberals (Venstre) has sunk to a 20-year low, threatening party leader Jacob Ellemann-Jensen’s role as opposition leader. A new Voxmeter poll published early Monday showed no more than 13% of the…

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Posted on 19. Jan, 2021 in: News

PM: We can learn from Israel

Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen joined a virtual conference with her counterparts in six countries, Monday – Austria, Norway, Greece, Czechia, Australia, and not least Israel – in an exchange of views about how…

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Posted on 19. Jan, 2021 in: News

Virus updates

Infection rate at 2-month low….Denmark joins call to approve new vaccine… 807 new corona cases were registered, Monday, the lowest daily figure since November 9th. Out of 85,460 tests, 0.94% proved postive, compared…

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Posted on 19. Jan, 2021 in: News

Denmark leads anti-piracy mission

The government is aiming to put together international support for its efforts to stop piracy and armed robbery in the Gulf of Guinea. Denmark’s ambassador to the Netherlands, Jens-Otto Horslund, has been appointed…

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Posted on 19. Jan, 2021 in: News

National Bank shrugs off debt concerns

The National Bank and leading economists aren’t overly concerned about the massive ‘corona bill’ that’s facing Denmark when the pandemic is over. The government has spent billions of kroner on business aid packages,…

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Posted on 19. Jan, 2021 in: News

Danish companies guilty of ‘greenwashing’

Danish companies’ claim that their use of sustainable energy has saved the atmosphere from massive amounts of CO2 is ‘widely exaggerated’ according to climate experts. Professor Brian Vad Mathiesen of the Institute for…

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Posted on 19. Jan, 2021 in: News

Fraud squad closing in on more suspects in multi-billion tax scam

The State Prosecutor’s Office for Serious Economic and International Crime (SØIK), popularly known as the fraud squad, is pursuing a number of suspects involved in the 2016 share dividend scam when the Danish…

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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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