Posted on 21. Aug, 2025 in: News

Novo imposes hiring freeze as competition grows

Denmark’s biggest company, Novo Nordisk, has imposed a global hiring freeze for all positions deemed non-essential to its business operations as it deals with rising competition in the obesity-weight loss market. The move…

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Posted on 20. Aug, 2025 in: News

Ex-PM equates Putin with Hitler

Former prime minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen has warned that Russia under Vladimir Putin poses the gravest threat to freedom and democracy in Europe since World War II. Speaking at a defence conference hosted…

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Posted on 20. Aug, 2025 in: News

Greenland blames Denmark for economic problems

Greenland’s Finance Minister Múte B. Egede has blamed Denmark’s  illegal birth control practices carried out by Danish doctors on Inuit women sixty years ago for his country’s economic problems. After announcing plans to cut…

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Posted on 20. Aug, 2025 in: News

Male descendants of non-Western immigrants are ‘habitual criminals’

Male descendants of non-Western immigrants are convicted of group violence at nearly four times the national average. Bjørn Brandenborg, legal affairs spokesperson for the ruling Social Democrats who requested the data, said he…

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Posted on 20. Aug, 2025 in: News

Parliamentary delegation to investigate allegations of abuse in Greenland prisons

Parliament’s Ombudsman has launched a probe into Greenland’s prisons and detention centres following a highly critical report by the European Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment…

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Posted on 20. Aug, 2025 in: News

Russian man admits ATM blast attempt

Kolding District Court heard yesterday how a Russian national came to Denmark with the sole purpose of blowing up a cash dispenser (ATM) to obtain money. The 38-year-old male was arrested in May…

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Posted on 20. Aug, 2025 in: News

Voters demand lower VAT on food

As supermarket prices continue to rise a new survey shows 80% of the electorate want lower VAT on food. Since 1992 Denmark has maintained a uniform VAT system – 25 % on virtually…

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Posted on 20. Aug, 2025 in: News

Greenhouse gas emissions dropped in Q1

Denmark was one of the few European Union member states that recorded a drop in greenhouse gas emissions in the first quarter (Q1) of 2025. Eurostat data published Tuesday showed Denmark registered a…

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Posted on 19. Aug, 2025 in: News

PM accused of insulting Israel

Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen has been accused of ‘insulting Israel’ by claiming that the country would be better off without Benjamin Netanyahu as its leader. In an interview with Jyllands-Posten, Israeli Foreign Minister…

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Posted on 19. Aug, 2025 in: News

Finance Minister ridicules rival’s tax cuts proposal

The business-friendly Liberal Alliance’s (LA) proposal to return the state’s significant budget surplus to taxpayers would create a ‘bomb under the welfare system’ Finance Minister Nikolaj Wammen said yesterday. After LA leader Alex…

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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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