Posted on 08. Nov, 2019 in: News

Population DKK23bn richer after revision of 2018 figures

Denmark’s economy was far stronger last year than assumed. New Statistics Denmark figures reveal Danish GDP was 1.5% higher in 2018 than previously estimated, which means the population has, collectively, become DKK23bn richer…

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Posted on 08. Nov, 2019 in: News

Industrial production rebound

Denmark industrial production recovered in September following a post-summer dip. The latest Statistics Denmark figures show industrial production rose by a seasonally adjusted 1.5 percent month-on-month in September, reversing a 1.1 percent fall…

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Posted on 08. Nov, 2019 in: News

Business shorts

Maersk tests battery power / Vestas outstrips competitors / 10,000 post boxes for easy parcel collection…. Maersk, the world’s biggest container line, will install a battery on board one of its vessels in…

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Posted on 07. Nov, 2019 in: News

LA defectors start new party

Ex-cabinet minister Simon Emil Ammitzbøll-Bille who quit the Liberal Alliance (LA) last month, is forming a new political party, ‘Fremad’ (Forward), alongside ex-policy spokesperson Christina Egelund. After three years in government LA was…

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Posted on 07. Nov, 2019 in: News

Danish terrorist linked to attack on Russian plane

Danish terrorist Basil Hassan has been linked to the bombing of a Russian passenger plane in Egypt in 2015. Australian Khaled Khayat, who earlier this year was convicted of plotting to blow up…

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Posted on 07. Nov, 2019 in: News

New authority to link fraud, terror funding investigations

The government has proposed a new, cross-agency authority to coordinate investigations into VAT fraud, money laundering and terrorist financing cases. Following reports that the Danish authorities were warned about a multi-million VAT scam…

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Posted on 07. Nov, 2019 in: News

Trump neglected Ukraine because he was too busy trying to buy Greenland

Top U.S. diplomat Bill Taylor has testified that White House cabinet officials were so occupied with President Trump’s bid to buy Greenland over the summer they were too busy to deal with the…

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Posted on 07. Nov, 2019 in: News

‘Gucci Helle’ moves from charity to business

Helle Thorning-Schmidt, Denmark’s first-ever prime minister, has been appointed to the board of directors at industrial supplies company Carsoe, part of the Solix Group. The former Social Democrat leader quit as head of…

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Posted on 07. Nov, 2019 in: News

400,000 debtors to get ‘friendly reminder’ this week

The Danish Debt Collection Agency will over the next few months send out reminders to some of the 1.3 million citizens and companies who owe the state an estimated  DKK117bn (€16bn) in the…

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Posted on 07. Nov, 2019 in: News

Danish Crown boss to head government’s climate partnership

The government has appointed Jais Valeur, CEO of food giant Danish Crown, to head a new climate partnership with the business community. The appointment represents one of the 13 partnerships that the government…

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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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