Posted on 29. Jul, 2022 in: News

DPP whip leads defections to new party

One of the Danish People´s Party’s (DPP) most prominent names has officially joined Inger Støjberg’s Denmark’s Democrats, becoming the first MP to represent the new party at Christiansborg (Parliament). Peter Skaarup was one…

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Posted on 29. Jul, 2022 in: News

Gloomy outlook for Danish economy

There’s little optimism in a new report on the economy from Statistics Denmark. The latest figures show the retail industry’s turnover and business sector expectations have declined. Retail sales fell in June by…

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Posted on 29. Jul, 2022 in: News

Fewer want to be teachers, nurses

Denmark is facing a shortage of 35,000 kindergarten teachers, schoolteachers, nurses and social workers by 2030. The 2022 university/college  enrollment figures, released Thursday, showed 60,034 students have been accepted for a course of…

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Posted on 29. Jul, 2022 in: News

Tobacco giant sues Health Ministry

British American Tobacco, the world’s second-biggest cigarette producer, is suing the Danish Health Ministry for ‘damaging public health.’ According to the tobacco giant, which sells around 500 billion cigarettes annually, the Danish parliament ‘impaired…

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Posted on 29. Jul, 2022 in: News

Danish Health Authority’s vaccination policy criticised as infections rise

The Danish Health Authority has been acccused of putting lives at risk for waiting too long to give elderly citizens their fourth jab against corona. Infections are on the rise amongst the very…

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Posted on 29. Jul, 2022 in: News

Italians enraged by fatal accident involving Danish speedboat

Last weekend’s tragic accident when a Danish speedboat crashed into a sailing yacht off the coast of Tuscany has aroused anger and resentment in Italy. An art gallery owner was killed and the…

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Posted on 28. Jul, 2022 in: News

Analyst: Russian gas cutback linked to war

There’s no doubt that Russia’s state-owned Gazprom’s decision to drastically cut gas deliveries to Europe via the Nord Stream pipeline is closely linked to the war in Ukraine, one of Denmark’s top military analysts…

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Posted on 28. Jul, 2022 in: News

Sexual abuse in armed forces has been ignored for years

Top military officials have failed, Chief of Defence, General Flemming Lentfer, said last night after a number of female soldiers revealed in a TV investigative journalism show how reports of sexual abuse and…

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Posted on 28. Jul, 2022 in: News

Vaccinations plus previous infection provide high rate of protection against new corona variants

The Omicron variant BA.5 is the most dominant strain of corona in Denmark right now but three jabs and a previous infection can provide up to 94% protection, according to a new study…

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Posted on 28. Jul, 2022 in: News

Tour de France winner gets hero’s welcome

Denmark’s Tour de France winner Jonas Vingegaard was greeted by tens of thousands of people on the streets of Copenhagen, Wednesday, as he rode in an open-top car from the airport to a…

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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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