Posted on 23. Sep, 2022 in: News

DPP leader defends ‘bedouin camp’ outburst

Danish People’s Party (DPP) leader Morten Messerschmidt has defended his controversial claim that the country’s hospitals and waiting rooms often remind him of ‘bedouin camps’ because they are ‘full to the brim’ with…

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Posted on 23. Sep, 2022 in: News

Climate compensation ‘symbolically important’

Denmark’s decision to unilaterally pay DKK100m ($13.3m) to poorer countries affected by climate change is ‘symbolically important’ even though it isn’t a great deal of money in terms of combatting disasters that routinely…

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Posted on 23. Sep, 2022 in: News

Pessimistic consumers

Danish consumers, battered by galloping inflation, are more pessimistic than ever. The latest Statistics Denmark figures show the consumer confidence index fell to -32.1 in September from -25.1 in August, the lowest level…

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Posted on 22. Sep, 2022 in: News

PM denounces Putin: ‘West has been too naive’

The West has been too naïve when dealing with Vladimir Putin, Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen said yesterday in response to the Russian president’s thinly-veiled threat of a nuclear attack. Speaking from New York…

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Posted on 22. Sep, 2022 in: News

Foreign, Defence ministers condemn Putin

Foreign Minister Jeppe Kofod said yesterday he was ’truly shocked’ by Vladmir Putin’s ‘irresponsible and completely unacceptable nuclear threat’ which he condemned ‘in the strongest possible terms’.   According to the minister, Putin’s televised…

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Posted on 22. Sep, 2022 in: News

New poll: Conservatives slip back but election race too close to call

The latest Epinion poll for DR News indicates a virtual dead heat between the two opposing alliances if an election was held right now, with 84 seats for the government and its allies,…

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Posted on 22. Sep, 2022 in: News

Queen tests positive for Covid – was London funeral a ‘super spreader?’

HM Queen Margrethe tested positive for Covid on Tuesday after returning home from London, raising fears that Queen Elizabeth’s funeral could have been a ‘super spreader’ event. The Danish monarch was pictured at…

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Posted on 22. Sep, 2022 in: News

National Bank: Economy will shrink in 2023

The economy will shrink by 0.1% next year according to the latest projection by the National Bank, published Wednesday. Governor General Lars Rohde, who’s stepping down next January, said the public needs to…

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Posted on 22. Sep, 2022 in: News

Economic woes could spark political instability

Negative growth, high inflation, and lower real wages are a dangerous cocktail that could lead to political instability, experts have warned. According to Michael Bang Petersen of the Institute for Political Science at…

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Posted on 22. Sep, 2022 in: News

Danske Bank hit with €1.82m fine in Ireland

The problems continue to mount up for Denmark’s biggest bank, Danske, which has been fined €1.82 million by the Central Bank of Ireland for failing to ensure that its Dublin-based branch properly monitored transactions…

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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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