Posted on 05. Oct, 2021 in: News

Ex-PM: Frederiksen tried to undermine me

As a cabinet minister in the Social Democrat-led government between 2011-15, current prime minister Mette Frederiksen often tried to undermine her old boss, Helle Thorning-Schmidt, according to the ex-PM in her memoirs published…

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Posted on 05. Oct, 2021 in: News

Støjberg backs DPP on deportation bill

The Danish People’s Party, backed by former hard-line immigration minister Inger Støjberg, have put forward a new bill with the aim of deporting at least 70% of a ’certain group of immigrants’ before…

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Posted on 05. Oct, 2021 in: News

Climate agreement for agriculture

Following months of negotiations a cross-party majority has reached agreement on a new climate agreement for the agricultural sector. The deal agreed last night by all parties, with the exception of the Red/Greens,…

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Posted on 05. Oct, 2021 in: News

Climate Minister: Denmark wants to be a global leader

Climate Minister Dan Jørgensen, who last week vowed that no sectors will be exempt from contributing to Denmark’s efforts to cut greenhouse gas emissions by 70% within nine years, continues to lobby for…

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Posted on 05. Oct, 2021 in: News

Danes ‘socially optimistic’

Ireland and Denmark are the most socially optimistic countries in the EU, according to research agency Eurofound’s Social Optimism Index. The Index, an indicator of optimism among Europeans, measures personal and national expectations,…

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Posted on 05. Oct, 2021 in: News

Virus updates

380 new corona cases were registered Monday, based on nearly 28,152 tests, a positivity rate of 1.35% and similar to the weekend figures. The number of people hospitalised by Covid rose by 4,…

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Posted on 05. Oct, 2021 in: News

Business shorts

More problems for Danske Bank….Denmark to pay €1bn for Baltic Pipleline….€5bn trade target with Turkey… 140,000 Danske Bank customers could be entitled to compensation after the bank’s internal clean-up operation following the money-laundering…

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Posted on 04. Oct, 2021 in: News

Government accused of Afghanistan ‘flip flop’

Opposition parties have reacted angrily to the government’s proposal to offer residency to Afghanistan men married to more than one wife and in some cases underage girls. Under the terms of the cross-party August…

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Posted on 04. Oct, 2021 in: News

Kofod in Pakistan: We won’t recognise Taleban

During an official visit to Pakistan, Friday, Foreign Minister Jeppe Kofod said Denmark will not recognise the Taliban government in Kabul or turn its back on the people of Afghanistan. Local news sources…

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Posted on 04. Oct, 2021 in: News

Ambassador returns to Copenhagen – family remains in Washington on ‘sweet deal’

The Foreign Ministry’s highest-ranking civil servant, Lars Gert Lose, has been given a ‘sweet deal’ by being allowed to maintain his ambassadorship privileges while working at the Ministry in Copenhagen. In 2015 Mr…

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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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