Posted on 27. May, 2024 in: News

Denmark leads call for more direct investment in Ukraine arms industry

Denmark has urged more countries to invest directly in Ukraine’s arms industry. When the Foreign Affairs Council meets in Brussels tomorrow to discuss European military support for Ukraine and the EU’s state of preparedness,…

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Posted on 27. May, 2024 in: News

Denmark backs ICJ ruling, urges Israel to halt Rafah offensive

Foreign Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen has urged Israel to stop all military operations in Rafah, southern Gaza, mirroring the International Court of Justice (ICJ) which has called on Israel to halt its offensive,…

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Posted on 27. May, 2024 in: News

Danish tanks donated to Ukraine couldn’t shoot straight

There have been so many problems with the Leopard tanks donated to Ukraine from Denmark, Germany and the Netherlands that the war-torn country originally refused to accept them. DR News reports that the nearly…

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Posted on 27. May, 2024 in: News

Struggling Liberals lower expectations for EU election

The Liberals (Venstre) have low expectations for the upcoming EU elections. The struggling party won four seats in the EU Parliament five years ago but expect no more than two this time around….

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Posted on 27. May, 2024 in: TWTW

The Week That Was, May 21st – May 26th 2024:

Politics/Economy: The economy shrank by 1.8% in the year’s first quarter (Q1), the biggest quarterly economic decline since the global pandemic – Gross Domestic Product (GDP) dropped 1.8% from the previous three months…

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Posted on 24. May, 2024 in: News

New report: Denmark complicit in dumping migrants in desert

Denmark is helping to fund the Tunisian National Guard which according to a new investigative report is rounding up migrants trying to reach Europe and dumping them in the desert. Based on a…

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Posted on 24. May, 2024 in: News

LA leader takes the lead as PM slips

Mette Fredriksen’s approval ratings have sunk to an all-time low. A new Megafon poll for TV2 shows more voters would prefer Liberal Alliance (LA) leader Alex Vanopslagh as prime minister than the current…

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Posted on 24. May, 2024 in: News

Kosovo passes prison agreement

At the second time of asking Kosovo’s parliament has approved a deal to rent 300 jail cells to Denmark. Under the terms of the original agreement signed in 2022, the Danish authorities will…

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Posted on 24. May, 2024 in: News

Torture Institute raises red flag about prison deal

The Danish Institute Against Torture (DIAT) has expressed ‘serious reservations’ about Denmark’s prison deal with Kosovo. After the Kosovan parliament passed a bill yesterday that will allow Denmark to ship foreign prisoners to…

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Posted on 24. May, 2024 in: News

‘Peaceful’ demonstrators daubed terror threats outside embassy

Pro-Palestine activists daubed hateful messages and terror threats on the road outside the Israeli Embassy in Copenhagen following a demonstration, Sunday. Despite claiming to be peaceful, activists scrawled messages of support for Hamas’…

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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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