Posted on 19. Nov, 2019 in: News

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Ørsted issues green bonds in Taiwan / Nordic countries corruption-free image damaged /  Vestas finishes Ukraine project…. A week after the government and National Bank announced they are exploring  possibilities of issuing ‘green’…

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Posted on 18. Nov, 2019 in: News

Støjberg denounces ‘politically correct’ treatment of Muslims

Ex-immigration minister Inger Støjberg again stirred up the integration debate at the Liberals’ annual party conference over the weekend. In a hard-hitting op-ed article in tabloid daily BT earlier this month Ms Støjberg…

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Posted on 18. Nov, 2019 in: News

No consular help for foreign fighters

Danish foreign fighters abroad will no longer be offered consular or legal assistance by Danish embassies. Following the controversy surrounding the repatriation of of jihadist Ahmad Salem el-Haj,  who was remanded in custody for…

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Posted on 18. Nov, 2019 in: News

Red/Greens: Criminals have rights too

Denmark has a duty to help all Danish citizens in trouble abroad, even criminals, the Red/Greens said yesterday in response to reports that the government is working on legislation that will prevent foreign…

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Posted on 18. Nov, 2019 in: News

PM heads for asylum talks with Macron

Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen travels to Paris today for talks with President Macron, where a new EU asylum policy high on the agenda. The Danish PM has said the current system has failed…

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Posted on 18. Nov, 2019 in: News

New Liberal leader – same policies

The honeymoon period is over for new Liberal leader Jacob Ellemann Jensen whose first speech as leader to the party’s annual convention, Saturday, was criticised as ‘hazy’ and ‘lacking political content’ by leading…

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Posted on 18. Nov, 2019 in: News

Denmark leads Nordic tax race

Denmark has the highest marginal income tax rate of all Nordic countries and despite the prospect of a reduction from next year will still lead the way. 470,000 taxpayers in this country paid…

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Posted on 18. Nov, 2019 in: News

Business shorts

Maersk posts impressive Q3 profits / Orsted builds solar plant in Texas….. Danish shipping giant A.P. Moeller-Maersk posted impressive Q3 net profit on Friday but warned that growth in the container market is…

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Posted on 15. Nov, 2019 in: News

Neo Nazis deny graveyard vandalism

The neo-Nazi Nordfront (Nordisk Resistance Movement/NRM) has strongly denied any involvement in last weekend’s desecration of a Jewish cemetery in Randers even though one of its leading members was arrested on Wednesday and charged…

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Posted on 15. Nov, 2019 in: News

Immigration Minister reviews foreign fighters’ citizenship

Immigration Minister Mattias Tesfaye is considering whether to strip three foreign fighters of their citizenship. As the government struggles with the return of of Danish jihadist Ahmad Salem el-Haj,  who was remanded in custody…

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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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