Posted on 12. Aug, 2022 in: News

PM defends decision not to suspend advisors implicated by Minkgate

Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen has again dismissed calls to suspend the ten top civil servants who the Mink Commission concluded should be held accountable for the decision to exterminate the entire Danish mink population….

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Posted on 12. Aug, 2022 in: News

PM’s cover-up?

Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen said yesterday she won’t make any decision about the ten top civil servants heavily implicated in the Minkgate scandal until the Employee Competency Agency’s report is finished but at…

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Posted on 12. Aug, 2022 in: News

Conservative leader close to PM decision

As the election draws closer Søren Pape Poulsen is under increasing pressure to reveal whether he’s a candidate for prime minister. Parties on the right have urged the Conservative Party leader, ranked by…

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Posted on 12. Aug, 2022 in: News

Left-wingers demand super-tax on energy companies

Parliament’s two most left-wing parties have called for a ’super tax’ on energy companies that are earning ‘obscene’ profits from the energy crisis. According to the Socialist People’s Party (SPP) and Red/Green Alliance,…

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Posted on 12. Aug, 2022 in: News

Business shorts

7/11 confirms hacker attack….Vestas reports major Q2 loss…..Copenhagen Airport enjoys busiest month since lockdown…. Convenience store 7-Eleven’s head office in Denmark has confirmed that a ransomware attack was behind the closure of 175…

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Posted on 11. Aug, 2022 in: News

PM faces new Minkgate grilling

Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen faces a new grilling about the Minkgate affair today when she appears before parliament’s Granskningsudvalget (Oversight Committee) to explain why ten leading civil servants, including her closest advisor, Barbara…

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Posted on 11. Aug, 2022 in: News

Danish military instructors to train Ukrainian troops

The government has confirmed its offer to train Ukrainian troops despite opposition from the Russian Embassy (see below). After Defence Minister Morten Bødskov said ahead of the summer break that Denmark should play…

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Posted on 11. Aug, 2022 in: News

Russian embassy denounces training mission

The Russian embassy in Copenhagen has issued a stern response to the news that Denmark will train Ukrainian soldiers. In a mail to TV2 News, Ambassador Vladimir Barbin said the government’s move, alongside…

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Posted on 11. Aug, 2022 in: News

Zelenskyj speaks to Copenhagen donors confefence

Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyj will give the opening speech, via a video link, to the international donors conference that gets underway in Copenhagen this morning. Minister of Defence Morten Bødskov, his Ukrainian counterpart…

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Posted on 11. Aug, 2022 in: News

Inflation hits 13% but no help for consumers

Inflation hit a 39-year-high in July but there’ll be no financial compensation offered to struggling consumers, Finance Minister Nikolaj Wammen said yesterday in response to new figures showing prices rose by 8.7% last…

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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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