Posted on 31. Jan, 2024 in: News

Government hesitant to pause aid for Palestinians

The government will make a decision about future aid funding for the U.N. Refugee Agency for Palestinians (UNRWA) this Spring, Foreign Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen said yesterday, warning that the agency’s reserves of…

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Posted on 31. Jan, 2024 in: News

Government presents elderly reform: ‘You’re never too old to feel good’

The government has presented its long-awaited draft proposal for wide-reaching reform of the elderly care sector, one of the coalition’s key policy issues during the current elective period. Under the working title ‘You’re…

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Posted on 31. Jan, 2024 in: News

Ex PM in Kyiv for talks with Zelensky

Former prime minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen met with President Zelensky in Kyiv, Tuesday, where he briefed the Ukraine leader about plans to establish an international working group on security issues and Euro-Atlantic integration…

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Posted on 31. Jan, 2024 in: News

Denmark leads anti-corruption rankings…again

For the sixth year in a row Denmark is the least corrupt country in the world according to Transparency International’s annual Corruption Perception Index (CPI), which ranks 180 countries and territories by their perceived levels of public sector corruption on…

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Posted on 31. Jan, 2024 in: News

Shit happens – smelly wake-up call for Nordic Waste owner

Tabloid daily Ekstra Bladet dumped a truckload of manure outside Nordic Waste owner Torben Østergaard-Nielsen’s house in Middelfart last night in a ‘crap happening’. Taxpayers are facing a potential DKK200m (€27m) bill for…

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Posted on 31. Jan, 2024 in: News

Top level EU visit ahead of June elections

President of the European Parliament Roberta Metsola made a working visit to the Danish Parliament, Tuesday, to lobby for the upcoming June 9th  EU elections. After being received by Speaker of the House…

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Posted on 31. Jan, 2024 in: News

Crown Prince heads the country as King visits Poland

18-year-old Crown Prince Christian will fill in as regent for the next three days while his father, King Frederik, heads a trade delegation to Poland, the new monarch’s first trip abroad. According to…

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Posted on 30. Jan, 2024 in: News

Frigate sets sail for Red Sea

The Danish frigate Iver Huitfeldt is heading for the Red Sea to join the U.S.-led Operation Prosperity Guardian, once parliament gives final approval, expected next week. Speaking to reporters on board the frigate before it…

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Posted on 30. Jan, 2024 in: News

Danish charity donations used to fund Russian invasion

Money donated to the Russian Orthodox Church in Denmark is possibly being used to help fund Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Jyllands Posten reports this morning that donations, supposedly being used to support charity…

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Posted on 30. Jan, 2024 in: News

No evacuation for last Danish child in Syrian prison camp

Denmark has no legal obligation to repatriate the last remaining Danish child from the al-Roj prison camp in Syria, the High Court ruled, Monday. The seven-year-old boy and his Somali mother will have…

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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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