Posted on 10. Sep, 2020 in: News

Problems mount up for DPP leader

The floundering Danish People’s Party is facing more problems after one of its most prominent MPs, Marie Krarup, announced yesterday she won’t be running at the next election. Ms Krarup said she made…

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Posted on 10. Sep, 2020 in: News

Government fails to live up to its own electric car policy

The government wants to see half a million electric cars on Danish roads by 2030 yet has only purchased two ‘green’ vehicles for state purposes since the Social Democrats returned to power in…

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Posted on 10. Sep, 2020 in: News

Jyllands Posten denies Charlie Hebdo the right to reprint historic front page

Jyllands-Posten has denied a request from French satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo for permission to reprint the paper’s original front page featuring all 12 Mohammed caricatures that sparked off riots throughout the Muslim world…

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Right-wing Quran burners head for Sweden again

The far-right anti-Muslim party Stram Kurs is heading for Sweden again this weekend to hold new Quran-burning demonstrations in five heavily immigrant districts in the capital of Stockholm on Saturday. Riots broke out in…

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Posted on 10. Sep, 2020 in: News

Submarine slayer finally admits guilt

Danish inventor Peter Madsen, whose 2018 trial for the brutal slaying of Swedish journalist Kim Wall hit the headlines internationally, has for the first time admitted he committed the murder. The 49-year-old, found…

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Posted on 09. Sep, 2020 in: News

Finance Minister: A post-corona world based on UN sustainable targets

The government will use the disruption caused by the corona virus to gradually adopt the UN’s 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Finance Minister Nicolai Wammen said yesterday that when the crisis is over, daily life needs to…

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Denmark urges Tunisia to accept stranded Maersk migrants

Malta said on Sunday Denmark should accept responsibility for the 27 migrants stranded on a Maersk tanker – now Denmark says Tunisia should offer shelter. More than a month since the Maersk Etienne…

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Denmark and Estonia call for international probe into Navalny poisoning

Denmark and Estonia have joined together to call for an independent and international investigation into the poisoning of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny. During talks in Tallin, Tuesday, Minister of Foreign Affairs Jeppe…

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Posted on 09. Sep, 2020 in: News

Foreign Minister denounces Belarus kidnapping

Foreign Minister Jeppe Kofod has condemned the mysterious disappearance of a Belarus opposition leader as ’totally unacceptable’ and called for a ’very clear and immediate’ EU denouncement. Maria Kolesnikova was kidnapped in the…

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Posted on 09. Sep, 2020 in: News

Virus updates

Transmission rate rises to 1.5….UK authorities consider Denmark travel warning…. The so-called ‘R’ rate, which reflects the average number of infections one person with the corona virus causes, has risen to 1.5 from…

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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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