Posted on 12. Sep, 2023 in: News

Business shorts

Danish renewables head for India….SAS extends fund-raising to prevent bankruptcy…..Vestas reconsiders UK investments… ‘Green’ Danish companies have the opportunity to present their latest technologies and innovations at Windergy India in Chennai, south-east India…

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Posted on 11. Sep, 2023 in: News

Liberal leader plummets in popularity poll

Under-pressure Liberal (Venstre) leader Jakob Ellemann-Jensen is the voters’ least popular choice to lead the country. A new Megafon survey for TV2 shows only 4% view the former defence minister, seen as opposition…

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Posted on 11. Sep, 2023 in: News

Conservative leader drops PM ambitions after ‘disastrous’ year

Søren Pape Poulsen has shelved his dream of becoming prime minister following last year’s disastrous election campaign. When the Conservative leader announced his candidacy for PM in August the party stood at 15%…

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Posted on 11. Sep, 2023 in: News

Labour shortage gets benefit claimants into jobs

Only 92,700 people claimed emergency social benefits in June, the lowest number since 2007. Erik Bjørsted, Chief Economist at the Danish Metal Workers Union, said it’s a ‘welcome surprise’ to see more and…

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Posted on 11. Sep, 2023 in: News

Danish tanks arrive in Ukraine

The first ten Danish Leopard 1 tanks donated to Ukraine have arrived in the war-torn country with more on the way. Earlier this year a consortium of Denmark, Germany, and The Netherlands (and…

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Posted on 11. Sep, 2023 in: News

Hells Angels HQ bombed as drug war escalates

The headquarters of the Hells Angels biker gang in Copenhagen were bombed, Saturday, as the ‘turf war’ in the capital continues to escalate. No one was injured but the building suffered significant damage….

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Posted on 11. Sep, 2023 in: News

Eritreans clash in Copenhagen – 67 arrests

67 people were arrested in Copenhagen, Saturday, when a festival marking the 30th anniversary of Eritrea’s independence was targeted by violent protests. According to reports, Eritreans attending an independence celebration in Amager, south…

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Posted on 10. Sep, 2023 in: TWTW

The Week That Was, September 4th – 10th 2023

Politics/Economy: Opposition parties tabled a long list of demands for an independent legal inquiry into the Israeli arms affair – ex-defence minister Jacob Ellemann-Jensen has been accused of misleading parliament over the controversial DKK1.7bn ($250m)…

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Posted on 08. Sep, 2023 in: News

Further delays for new F-35 fighter jets

Delivery of the Danish Air Force’s new F-35 Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) jets, which will replace its ageing fleet of F-16s, has been pushed back by six months to the end of 2024…

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Posted on 08. Sep, 2023 in: News

Hundreds of Quran burnings increase terror threat

253 book and flag-burning incidents have been reported to the police over the past six weeks, new National Police figures show. In a written response, Minister of Justice Peter Hummelgaard said the flurry…

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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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