Posted on 26. May, 2020 in: News

Massive borrowing needed to finance aid packages

The state needs to raise DKK 294bn (443bn) in 2020 to finance the emergency measures implement by the government to fight the devastation caused by the corona crisis – DKK 207bn more than…

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Posted on 26. May, 2020 in: News

Virus figures at 10-week low

There were only 27 new cases of coronavirus, Monday, the lowest since March 14th shortly after virus gripped Denmark. One person died, bringing the death toll to 563, but hospitalisations fell to 116,…

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Posted on 26. May, 2020 in: News

Business shorts

‘Cautious’ rise in consumer confidence….Fitness industry running on empty…Business giants join together in hydrogen fuel investment…. Consumer confidence improved very slightly in May, mainly due to households’ better assessment of the personal financial…

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Posted on 25. May, 2020 in: News

PM: Lockdown decision was purely political

The decision to close down Denmark on March 11th was ’political’, Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen said on Friday after Jyllands Posten reported how the Danish Health Authority had the previous day presented her…

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Posted on 25. May, 2020 in: News

Stojberg comes up with new defence in child brides controversy

The Integration Ministry held two conflicting positions regarding the processing of asylum seeker couples in 2016, ex-minister Inger Støjberg told the Child Brides Commission, Sunday. Under Ms Støjberg’s leadership the Ministry issued a…

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Posted on 25. May, 2020 in: News

Denmark behind alternative EU plan

Denmark, Austria, the Netherlands, and Sweden  – the so-called ‘Frugal Four’– have put forward an alternative plan to France and Germany’s proposal for a €500bn European Recovery Fund. According to the Austrian Der Standard newspaper…

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Posted on 25. May, 2020 in: News

Ex-DPP leader: ‘Back to basics’

Danish People’s Party (DPP) founder Pia Kjærsgaard is determined to restore the populist party to its former glory by refocusing on immigration. 21.1% of the electorate voted for the DPP in 2015 following…

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Posted on 25. May, 2020 in: News

Controversy over Øresund sewage dump

Minister for the Environment Lea Wermelin is under pressure to stop 290,000 cubic metres of raw sewage and untreated waste water being dumped into the Øresund strait between Denmark and Sweden. Ms Wammen has said…

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Posted on 25. May, 2020 in: News

Business shorts

Banks to continue work at home policy post-corona….Fraud Squad investigates abuse of aid funding…Pesnion funds ready to invest in government’s energy islands…  Nearly a third of all Danish banks and financial institutions plan…

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Posted on 22. May, 2020 in: News

Government agrees to speed up reopening process

Following a long day of negotiations ahead of the public holiday the government reached agreement with all parties to speed up the reopening process. ‘Places of culture’ including theatres, cinemas, zoos, and art…

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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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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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