Posted on 13. Oct, 2026 in: News

Small IT company admits CPR disaster – hacker used AI to breach the system

A small IT company based in Odense has been identified as the source of last week’s massive data breach in which hackers gained access to 8.8 million Danish personal identification (CPR) numbers. In…

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Posted on 13. Oct, 2026 in: News

Authorities restrict companies access to sensitive information

More than 1,000 companies have had their access to the national Central Person Register (CPR) restricted following the massive data breach last week that exposed the personal identification numbers of 8.8 million people….

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Posted on 13. Oct, 2026 in: News

More than 40,000 young people on disability

The number of younger people receiving disability pensions has fallen for the first time since early 2020. New figures from Jobindsats.dk show 43,229 under the age of forty claimed disability benefits in September,…

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Posted on 13. Oct, 2026 in: News

Inflation at 12-month high

Inflation accelerated to a 12-month  high in September driven by rising energy prices. The latest Statistics Denmark figures show consumer prices rose 2.2 percent year-on-year, primarily due to rising petrol and diesel, the…

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Posted on 13. Oct, 2026 in: News

Dip in exports

Exports fell 3% to DKK194bn ($29bn) in August, driven by a 6% drop in goods exports, although service exports bucked the trend, rising 1%. The latest figures from Statistics Denmark show that despite…

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Posted on 12. Oct, 2026 in: News

Former Greenland PM: Trust with U.S. has been broken

Greenland’s relationship with the U.S. has suffered a serious setback following Donald Trump’s persistent attempts to gain control of the Danish territory, the Arctic island’s Foreign Minister Múte B. Egede said in an…

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Posted on 12. Oct, 2026 in: News

MPs dismiss assault allegations against former DPP leader

MPs have come out in defence of Danish People’s Party founder Pia Kjærsgaard who’s been reported to the police for allegedly assaulting a Muslim influencer. Afrah al-Jabouri claims the former speakerof the house…

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Posted on 12. Oct, 2026 in: News

PM agrees to meet father of murdered man

Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen has agreed to meet the father of the Swedish police officer who was killed during an altercation at a World Cup screening in Copenhagen last June. After 31-year-old Nkumba…

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Posted on 12. Oct, 2026 in: News

Finance Minister: Irish budget proposal ‘inadequate’

Finance Minister Peter Hummelgaard has dismissed Ireland’s revised proposal for the EU’s long-term budget as ‘inadequate’ and warned that spending remains too high. The Irish EU presidency has proposed an 8% reduction in the…

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Posted on 12. Oct, 2026 in: News

Denmark condemns Trump’s sanctions on ICC

Denmark, alongside Canada, Germany, France, Italy, Japan, the Netherlands, and the United Kingdom have condemned US sanctions against the International Criminal Court (ICC). After US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said President Donald…

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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-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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