Posted on 01. Feb, 2021 in: News

Green Danish companies get Biden boost

Joe Biden’s climate-friendly policies provide Denmark with ‘golden opportunities’ according to the Confederation of Danish Industry (DI). After the new president presented his new climate action plan last week, with the aim of…

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Posted on 01. Feb, 2021 in: News

Virus updates

Positivity rate at 5-month low….78 ‘disrespectful’ Dubai tourists return with corona……Rapid responses not tested for British variant….Olympic athletes vaccinated… Only 377 new corona cases were reported in the 24-hour Saturday-Sunday period, based on…

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Posted on 01. Feb, 2021 in: News

Slight decline in jobless figures

The unemployment rate declined slightly in December despite the lockdown. The latest Statistics Denmark figures show gross unemployment fell by 2,000 to 125,600 in December from 127,600 the preceding month, to a seasonally…

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Posted on 01. Feb, 2021 in: News

Public sector corruption trial resumes

Denmark’s biggest ever public sector corruption case resumes today in Lyngby District Court, where a local authority manager is charged with receiving bribes worth around DKK64,000, including three paid holidays in Thailand, from…

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Posted on 29. Jan, 2021 in: News

A winter of discontent – lockdown extended until February 28th

It will be at least Spring before society is reopened – that was the dour message from Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen at a press conference last night when she announced the lockdown would…

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Posted on 29. Jan, 2021 in: News

Business sector ‘disappointed’

The head of the Danish Chamber of Commerce (DCC) has dismissed the ‘overzealous’ lockdown extension. Former business minister Brian Mikkelsen said the government has taken a ‘step too far’ by extending current restrictions…

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Posted on 29. Jan, 2021 in: News

Virus updates

Downward trend continues…..Everybody vaccinated by 4th of July….80,000 new vaccines this week… The number of patients hospitalised by covid-19 fell by 55, Thursday, to 611, the lowest figure for five weeks – at…

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Posted on 29. Jan, 2021 in: News

Denmark low on global covid performance

Denmark is 23rd in a COVID Performance Index by the Sydney-based Lowy Institute, which ranked almost 100 countries for their successful handling of the coronavirus pandemic. New Zealand was the world’s most effective…

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Posted on 29. Jan, 2021 in: News

50,000 demand PM’s impeachment

The Social Democrats’ enthusiastic support for an impeachment trial of ex-immigration minister Inger Støjberg could come back to bite them – more than 50,000 voters have signed a private citizens petition calling for…

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Posted on 29. Jan, 2021 in: News

Inger on the fence

Ex-immigration minister Inger Støjberg continued to act cagey about her future in the Liberal Party (Venstre) yesterday as parliament debated whether to impeach her. Liberal leader Jakob Ellemann-Jensen has urged his former deputy…

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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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