Posted on 08. Jul, 2020 in: News

Drop in Danish growth but less than EU

Despite the devastation caused by the corona epidemic the Danish economy won’t be as badly hit as originally feared – at least according to the EU Commission’s Summer 2020 Economic Forecast, published yesterday…

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Posted on 08. Jul, 2020 in: News

Virus figures continue to fall

The number of people hospitalised by covid-19 fell to just 17, Tuesday, although two more died, bringing the death toll to 609 since the epidemic started. 10 more tested positive for the infection….

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Posted on 08. Jul, 2020 in: News

Group ban raised to 100

The limit on group gatherings is raised to 100 today, from the previous 50 imposed last month. When the corona virus originally gripped Denmark in March the government banned gatherings of more than…

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Posted on 08. Jul, 2020 in: News

Denmark slips in passport rankings

Denmark is ranked joint 5th on the latest ‘powerful passports’ list but in real terms, 9th. The Danish passport achieved six 1st place rankings on the Henley Passport Index between 2006-12 but has steadily…

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Posted on 08. Jul, 2020 in: News

Orsted pulls Facebook ads

Partially state-owned clean energy company Orsted has joined Danish toy giant Lego by pulling ads from Facebook in protest against the site’s failures to stop the spread of hate. In a mailed response, Filip Engel,…

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Posted on 08. Jul, 2020 in: News

Business shorts

Deutsche Bank fined in US for Danske Bank failures….Corona virus hits industrial production…Facebook donates free heating to Odense residents…. New York state financial regulators said Tuesday that they have slapped Deutsche Bank with a $150…

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Posted on 07. Jul, 2020 in: News

Division on the right as anti-migrant parties go head to head

The Danish People’s Party (DPP) has become embroiled in a war of words with the anti-migrant ‘New Right’ (New Conservatives). After seeing itself overtaken in the polls by the New Right, the DPP…

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Posted on 07. Jul, 2020 in: News

New Right vs. DPP: A fight for survival

The New Right and Danish People’s Party (DPP) have declared war on each other and the battleground is right-wing voters, leading political analyst Jarl Cordua said last night after the two anti-migrant parties…

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Posted on 07. Jul, 2020 in: News

Virus ‘under control’ – only 23 hospitalised

Only 23 people were hospitalised by covid-19 as of yesterday, four fewer than Friday, while one person died from the virus over the weekend, bringing the death toll to 607. The positive trend…

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Posted on 07. Jul, 2020 in: News

Newspaper defies High Court ban

Tabloid daily Ekstra Bladet has published alarming video footage from a TV2 documentary that was banned by the High Court last week, showing the mistreatment of a 90-year-old dementia sufferer at an Aarhus…

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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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