Posted on 31. Oct, 2025 in: News

Intelligence agent convicted of stealing opioids

A former Danish Intelligence (PET) agent has been sentenced to four months in prison for stealing nearly 600 ampoules of the powerful opioid fentanyl from the agency’s headquarters in 2021. Glostrup District Court…

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Posted on 31. Oct, 2025 in: News

Fishing ban reinstated near polluted site

Food, Agriculture and Fisheries Minister Jacob Jensen has reinstated a fishing ban near the former chemical company FMC Rønland, previously known as Cheminova,which has previouly been found guilty of dumping toxic waste into…

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Posted on 30. Oct, 2025 in: News

Danish activist on hunger strike demands answers from PM

Danish-Bahraini citizen Abdulhadi al-Khawaja has launched a new hunger strike to protest his continued detention and draw international attention to his case.The 64-year-old Al Khawaja, who’s serving a life sentence in Bahrain for inciting…

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Posted on 30. Oct, 2025 in: News

Court bans criminal biker gang, seizes assets

The outlaw motorcycle gang Bandidos has vowed to fight on after it was hit with a wind-up order by Helsingør District Court, Wednesday. In a landmark verdict judges unanimously agreed that the club…

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Posted on 30. Oct, 2025 in: News

Mayoral candidate’s communist past

Line Barfod, the far-left Red/Greens’ lead candidate for Mayor of Copenhagen, has refused to comment on her participation in a Soviet-sponsored youth festival in Moscow forty years ago or allegations that she helped…

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Posted on 30. Oct, 2025 in: News

DPP: Immigrants on welfare a ‘bomb under the system’

New figures showing that non-Western immigrants cost the state DKK18bn ($2.8bn) last year in welfare handouts are a ‘bomb under the social security system’ according to the Danish People’s Party who’ve called for…

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Posted on 30. Oct, 2025 in: News

Government coalition split over welfare reform

The government’s plan to reform the social assistance (Kontanthjælp) scheme has been met with resistance from within its own ranks – Moderates leader Lars Løkke Rasmussen warned last night that vulnerable welfare recipients…

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Posted on 30. Oct, 2025 in: News

Two Swedes charged with terrorist attack on embassy

Two Swedish nationals have been charged with terrorism and attempted terrorism for allegedly throwing hand grenades at Israel’s embassy in Hellerup last October.  According to the Public Prosecutor’s office the suspects, aged 18…

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Posted on 30. Oct, 2025 in: News

Industrial production at 9-month low

Industrial production declined significantly in August – the latest available Statistics Denmark figures show industrial production, a measure of manufacturing output often used by analysts and banks to forecast GDP,  fell a seasonally…

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Posted on 29. Oct, 2025 in: News

Free Greens accused of inciting terrorism in new campaign poster scandal

The libertarian Free Greens (Frie Grønne) are at the centre of another campaign poster scandal. After the far-left party was reported to the police, Monday, for hanging anti-Israel posters around Copenhagen ahead of…

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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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