Posted on 19. Mar, 2021 in: News

Restrictions cost the economy $2m an hour

The current restrictions on the business sector are costing the economy an estimated DKK10bn ($1.5bn) a month, or DKK13.5m ($2m) an hour, a new Finance Ministry projection shows. It’s estimated that the continuing…

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Posted on 19. Mar, 2021 in: News

White Russia becomes Belarus

From today ‘White Russia’ (Hvidrusland) as it’s known in Danish, will officially be referred to as Belarus, Foreign Minister Jeppe Kofod said the change was made ‘in recognition and respect for a people…

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Posted on 18. Mar, 2021 in: News

DPP: Send criminal immigrants to Greenland

The problem of the 111 criminal immigrants who can’t be deported due to international conventions could be solved by sending them to Greenland. The Danish People’s Party (DPP) has put forward a resolution…

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Posted on 18. Mar, 2021 in: News

PM defends Israel trip

Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen has again been forced to defend her recent controversial trip to Israel. In the face of criticism from parties on both sides of the aisle during a hastily convened…

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Posted on 18. Mar, 2021 in: News

New vaccination deadline – July 25th

All adults will have been offered a vaccine by July 25th, three weeks earlier than projected last week. The Danish Health Authority (DHA) has again adjusted its timetable to accommodate the Astra Zeneca…

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Posted on 18. Mar, 2021 in: News

Health Minister: No data swap for vaccines

Health Minister Magnus Heunicke has given a guarantee that the public’s health data will never be used as a bartering chip to gain more covid vaccines for Denmark. After it was reported this…

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Posted on 18. Mar, 2021 in: News

Virus updates

Hospitalisations at 4-month low…..10.2% of population innoculated….over 65s susceptible to reinfection… The number of people hospitalised by covid-19 is at a 4-month low – 196 yesterday, the lowest since November 11th and nearly…

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Posted on 18. Mar, 2021 in: News

Mette still waiting for call from Joe

President Joe Biden has failed to make a courtesy call to Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen despite the ‘special’ US-DK relationship. Professor Martin Marcussen of the Department of Political Science at Copenhagen University said…

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Posted on 18. Mar, 2021 in: News

National Bank projects slow recovery with low growth

Despite expectations of an economic recovery this year the National Bank has downwardly adjusted its growth expectation. The Bank now projects GDP will fall by between 3.5% – 4% during the first quarter…

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Posted on 17. Mar, 2021 in: News

PM stands firm – children of foreign fighters will not be repatriated

Despite pressure from the government’s support parties and her own base, Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen refuses to back down on the growing problem of Danish kids in Syrian detention camps. During parliamentary question…

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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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