Posted on 27. Oct, 2020 in: News

Conservatives hijack Liberal voters

The Conservatives, boosted by party leader Søren Pape Poulsen’s high approval ratings, are hovering around 10% in the polls, their best result for more than a decade, but it’s their centre-right ally, the…

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Posted on 27. Oct, 2020 in: News

Christmas in danger as infections top 1,000

1,056 new corona cases were registered, Monday, the highest daily figure ever in Denmark. The number of hospitalisations also rose sharply, to 145, the most since mid-May. 1.8% of all tests are now…

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Posted on 27. Oct, 2020 in: News

Retail sales slide despite growing consumer confidence

Despite signs of a rise in consumer confidence, retail sales fell for the third straight month in September. The latest Statistics Denmark figures show sales declined 0.9 percent monthly in September, similar to…

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Posted on 27. Oct, 2020 in: News

Business shorts

Danish prosecutors widen investigation into share dividend scandal…..Government finalises SAS bailout…. Danish prosecutors have travelled to London to question former traders about their knowledge of the Cum-Ex tax scandal. Bloomberg News reports how…

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Posted on 26. Oct, 2020 in: News

New restrictions: Mandatory face masks in public

With the number of registered corona cases fast approaching 1,000 per day the government has announced a raft of new measures aimed at breaking the chain of infection, including mandatory facemasks in supermarkets…

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Posted on 26. Oct, 2020 in: News

Virus warning: 4,000 daily infections within 14 days

945 people tested positive for covid-19 in the 24-hour Saturday-Sunday period, the highest figure ever since the epidemic hit Denmark in March and ‘extremely concerning’ according to Jan Pravsgaard Christensen, professor in Immunology of Infectious…

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Posted on 26. Oct, 2020 in: News

Finance Minister promises more business aid

Finance Minister Nikolaj Wammen has promised the government will ‘expand and extend’ financial aid to businesses that could suffer from the latest coronavirus restrictions announced by the prime minister, Friday. Following the surge…

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Posted on 26. Oct, 2020 in: News

Corona passport for tourists?

A parliamentary majority, led by the Liberals (V), has called for a corona passport that would allow tourists to enter Denmark if they can prove they are virus-free. Deputy Liberal leader Inger Støjberg…

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Posted on 26. Oct, 2020 in: News

DPP: Women should be allowed to snitch on imams

The Danish People’s Party (DPP) is preparing to launch a proposal that would breach established legislative principles by allowing the authorities to act on anonymous reports. Following recent reports of a Muslim wife…

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Posted on 26. Oct, 2020 in: News

UN experts question legality of ghetto bill

United Nations (UN) experts have urged the government to suspend the sale of housing units in areas designated as ghettoes until the controversial legislation has been tested by a court of law. Under…

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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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