Posted on 24. Aug, 2022 in: News

Consumer confidence remains low

Consumer confidence improved slightly in August but remains historically low. The latest Statistics Denmark figures show the consumer confidence index was almost unchanged in August, rising from -25.6 in July to -25.1 –…

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Posted on 24. Aug, 2022 in: News

Business shorts

Housing market hit by summer slump…SAS cancels 1,700 flights in September and October…Gas consumption down, wind energy up…. The 8-year long housing market boom has taken a downturn over the summer in line…

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Posted on 23. Aug, 2022 in: News

Government takes aim at immigrants in crackdown on crime

The government has put forward a wide-ranging, multi-billion kroner criminal reform bill following an increase in violent crime. In an interview with Berlingske, Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen said too many criminals – and…

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Posted on 23. Aug, 2022 in: News

Opposition on crime bill: Too little, too late

The two biggest opposition parties have welcomed the government’s planned crackdown on criminals but questioned why it took so long. While both the Liberals (Venstre) and Conservatives, who promote themselves as ‘law and…

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Posted on 23. Aug, 2022 in: News

Racist acquitted on hate crime charge

A Danish racist who verbally abused head of the ’Free Greens’ party Sikandur Siddique and his parents as they left the official opening of parliament last October has been cleared of committing a hate crime….

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Posted on 23. Aug, 2022 in: News

Employment hits record-high but dark clouds on the horizon

New figures showing employment in this country is at a record-high are nothing less than ‘spectacular’, a leading economist said yesterday after Statistics Denmark confirmed that 7,000 jobs were added in June, the…

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Posted on 23. Aug, 2022 in: News

Ukrainian refugees caught in ‘bureaucratic mess’

The Socialist People’s Party (SPP) has called for an amendment to the emergency legislation passed earlier this year that allows displaced Ukrainians the right to stay in Denmark. Following new figures from the…

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Posted on 23. Aug, 2022 in: News

Copenhagen drops 2025 carbon-neutral goal

Copenhagen City Hall has acknowledged that its aim to make the capital carbon neutral by 2025 is no longer realistic. As late as last year all parties at City Hall reached agreement on…

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Posted on 23. Aug, 2022 in: News

SAS rescued by tax-shelter companies

The American global private equity firm that’s provided a DKK5bn ($700m) lifeline for struggling Scandinavian Airlines (SAS) presides over hundreds of companies in tax-shelter countries. Jyllands-Posten reports that Apollo Global Management, which will now…

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Posted on 22. Aug, 2022 in: News

44 U.S. military helicopters arrive in Esbjerg today – port to become ‘key hub’ for NATO shipments

Ahead of the arrival of 44 U.S. military helicopters at Esbjerg today Defence Minister Morten Bødskov will sign an agreement aimed at transforming the port in southwest Jutland into a key transit station…

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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.
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