Posted on 14. Oct, 2020 in: News

North Korea operatives signed arms deal in Copenhagen

Two representatives of North Korea’s communist regime held a meeting with two undercover Danes at the Hotel d’Angleterre in Copenhagen last year under the pretext of promoting tourism but in reality were more…

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Posted on 14. Oct, 2020 in: News

Russian intelligence blamed for committee meeting fiasco

The Liberals’ (V) Michael Aastrup Jensen has accused the Russian intelligence agency of orchestrating last week’s Foreign Policy Committee hoax when a woman claiming to be Belarusian opposition leader Svetlana Tikhanovskaja gatecrashed a top-level…

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Posted on 14. Oct, 2020 in: News

Government will abide by new EU travel guidelines ‘but Danes come first’

Denmark will, as much as possible, abide by new EU guidelines aimed at facilitating free movement across Europe but will continue to do what’s best for Danes, Foreign Minister Jeppe Kofod said last…

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Posted on 14. Oct, 2020 in: News

No-deal Brexit could devastate Danish fishing industry

The EU has urged to Denmark to offer concessions to the UK on fishing rights in this week’s ‘make or break’ post-Brexit trade negotiations in Brussels. Danish fishermen on the west coast have…

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Virus latest

The number of daily corona cases dropped below 300, Tuesday, for the first time in five weeks, although the number of people being tested has fallen by 40%. 290 people tested positive, Tuesday,…

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Maersk cuts 2,000 jobs despite post-corona recovery

A.P. Moller-Maersk (APM), Denmark’s biggest company and the world’s biggest container shipping line, has announced plans to cut 2,000 jobs worldwide despite recovering faster than expected from the corona pandemic. Maersk, which handles…

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Posted on 14. Oct, 2020 in: News

Business shorts

Housing prices hit new high…..Holiday fund payout boosts spending….Vestas makes new turbine for India… Property prices continue to rise despite the corona crisis. Housing prices set a new record in September, rising 0.8%…

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Posted on 13. Oct, 2020 in: News

Russian pranksters admit to Foreign Policy Committee hoax

Two Russian comedians have admitted to duping parliament’s Foreign Policy Committee into believing they were talking to Belarusan opposition leader Svetlana Tikhanovskaja during a confidential virtual meeting on October 6th. Tabloid daily BT reported last…

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Posted on 13. Oct, 2020 in: News

Social Liberals rocked by new allegations

Ex-Social Liberal leader Morten Østergaard’s political career could be over and his successor, Sofie Carsten Nielsen, is already facing a serious credibility problem, leading political commentator Henrik Qvortrup said last night after a…

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Posted on 13. Oct, 2020 in: News

Former minister denies sex allegations

Christian Friis Bach has dismissed rumours he was fired as secretary general of the Danish Refugee Council (DRC) due to allegations of sexual harassment. The former development aid minister was preparing to appear…

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