Posted on 03. Aug, 2022 in: News

Maersk’s earnings boosted by global bottleneck

Maersk, the world’s largest container shipping company, is enjoying windfall profits from congested global supply chains that have sent freight rates soaring. The Copenhagen-based company, often seen as a barometer for global trade…

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Posted on 03. Aug, 2022 in: News

Record profit but low taxes for shipping giant

While Maersk is earning money like never before the massive profits aren’t  benefiting the Danish state – shipping companies are subjected to tonnage tax, which means that compared to other businesses or the average…

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Posted on 02. Aug, 2022 in: News

Foreign Minister: We need nuclear weapons to deter Putin

Nuclear weapons are a ‘necessary evil’ to deter Putin’s Russia – that was the message from Foreign Minister Jeppe Kofod in a speech on behalf of all Nordic nations at a nuclear non-proliferation…

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Posted on 02. Aug, 2022 in: News

Citizens bill demanding PM’s impeachment gains strength

20,000 voters have signed up to a private citizens bill calling for Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen to be impeached for issuing an illegal order to cull Denmark’s entire mink herd in November 2020. The government’s…

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Posted on 02. Aug, 2022 in: News

Tiny green parties join forces

The long list of political parties contesting the next general election – 14 at the last count – has been reduced by one after the Vegan Party announced on Monday it was joining…

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Posted on 02. Aug, 2022 in: News

New Covid study claims Denmark’s lockdown policy was ‘misguided’

A new Danish study of the Covid pandemic shows that despite Denmark and Sweden’s widely contrasting strategy on how to contain the virus, the excess mortality rate (the number of deaths from all…

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Posted on 02. Aug, 2022 in: News

Inflation hasn’t peaked yet

Danish inflation is at a record-high this year but still hasn’t peaked. Key economic indicators published by Statistics Denmark show food and beverage producers expect to raise prices further in the third quarter…

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Posted on 02. Aug, 2022 in: News

Steep decline in car sales

Car sales continue to decline. The downturn since the start of the year continued in July when only 9,628 new cars were registered, a drop of 26.6% on the same month last year…

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Posted on 01. Aug, 2022 in: News

Healthcare is the top issue for voters

Healthcare is the dominant campaign issue for voters in the next election that, analysts believe, will be held his autumn. In a new Megafon poll for TV2, 33% of respondents name ‘hospitals and…

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Posted on 01. Aug, 2022 in: News

Foreign Minister leads Nordic push for nuclear disarmament

Denmark needs to take a decisive role in preventing the spread of nuclear weapons, Foreign Minister Jeppe Kofod said last night ahead of a UN conference on the landmark Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty that…

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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-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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