Posted on 04. Mar, 2021 in: News

Ambassador attacks newspaper’s anti-Israel bias

Israel’s ambassador to Denmark has denounced Politiken’s coverage of Israel as a ‘disgrace’. After the left-leaning daily on Wednesday accused Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen of ‘violating moral standards’ by travelling to Israel with…

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Posted on 04. Mar, 2021 in: News

Palestine diplomat accuses PM of supporting apartheid

The top Palestinian diplomat in Denmark has accused Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen of supporting apartheid by ’taking sides’ in the Israel-Palestine conflict. Prof. Dr. Manuel Hassassian, the Palestinian Authority’s diplomatic representative to Denmark, denounced…

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Posted on 04. Mar, 2021 in: News

Prime Minister refuses to back down on Danish ‘foreign fighter’ kids

Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen has again dismissed calls to repatriate Danish children from Syrian refugee camps. It’s estimated that around 20 Danish kids are living in squalid conditions at the al-Roj camp, close…

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Posted on 04. Mar, 2021 in: News

Virus updates

Low positivity rate….1st case of Brazilian variant….Corona passport ready before summer….. 574 new corona cases were reported, Wednesday, based on 164,172 tests, providing a low positivity rate of 0.35. 225 people are hospitalised,…

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Posted on 04. Mar, 2021 in: News

3,000 tax snoops hired to clean up after fraud scams

The Tax Department is aiming to hire around 3,000 people ahead of 2023 to carry out a clean-up following a number of scandals – Denmark has suffered massive tax problems over the past…

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Posted on 04. Mar, 2021 in: News

$4m bill for Defence Ministry in Iraqi torture trial

The Ministry of Defence has so far spent DKK29m ($4.2m) defending itself in a lawsuit brought by 23 Iraqi farmers who claimed they were tortured after being captured by Danish troops and handed…

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Posted on 03. Mar, 2021 in: News

Denmark could start vaccine production with Israel

At a press conference ahead of her trip to Israel tomorrow Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen aired the possibility of Danish investment in a vaccine production facility in the Holy Land. She said co-owning…

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Posted on 03. Mar, 2021 in: News

PM has lost patience with EU

Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen’s speculation about working with Israel on vaccine production is a sign that she’s lost patience with the EU, according to leading political analyst Henrik Qvortrup. In an op-ed in…

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Posted on 03. Mar, 2021 in: News

Politiken questions Mette’s morals

Left-leaning daily Politiken has accused Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen of ‘violating moral standards’ by travelling to Israel with the aim of purchasing surplus vaccines while Palestinians in the occupied territories still haven’t been…

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Posted on 03. Mar, 2021 in: News

Virus updates

Contact rate receding but B117 on the rise…..Positivity rate up…Pfizer promises 202.410 doses a week from April… The so-called ‘R’ rate, which reflects the average number of infections one person with the corona…

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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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