Posted on 30. Apr, 2025 in: News

Business shorts

Solid sales for Carlsberg despite tariffs threat…Consumers boycott Coca Cola….Electric cars dominate…. Carlsberg has reported a ‘solid’ start to the year but warned that U.S. tariffs could affect both consumer spending and raw…

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Posted on 29. Apr, 2025 in: News

Former prime minister regrets close alliance with US – and equates Putin with Hitler

Ex-prime minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen has expressed regret over his decision to strengthen Denmark’s close alliance with the US, a cornerstone of his premiership in the early 00s. In his new book, To…

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Posted on 29. Apr, 2025 in: News

Parties on the right criticise ‘soft’ ambassador appointment

The government has come under fire for appointing a ‘part-time envoy’ to challenge international conventions on deportations. As part of its political platform laid out in December 2022 the new coalition outlined plans…

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Posted on 29. Apr, 2025 in: News

Ex-minister to head Foreign Affairs Committee

Former cabinet minister Christian Friis Bach is the new chair of Parliament’s Foreign Affairs Committee, replacing his Liberal (Venstre) colleague, Michael Aastrup Jensen. After being elected by a unanimous majority of committee members,…

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Posted on 29. Apr, 2025 in: News

National Museum identifies two Danish slave ships

The National Museum has confirmed that two 18th-century shipwrecks discovered off the coast of Costa Rica were Danish slave ships. In a statement, Monday, the museum said marine archaeologists had identified the Fridericus Quartus…

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Posted on 29. Apr, 2025 in: News

6 more facing trial in share dividend scam

Six more foreign nationals will stand trial at Glostrup District Court next year accused of tax fraud totalling over DKK 1.1bn ($167m) a continuation of the share dividend scandal that cost the Danish…

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Posted on 29. Apr, 2025 in: News

Denmarks biggest company freezes investments in response to Trump’s tariff threats

Novo Holdings, the multi-billion dollar investment fund behind Denmark’s biggest company, Novo Nordisk, has frozen all major investments due to the mounting economic uncertainty driven by US tariffs on foreign goods. In an…

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Posted on 29. Apr, 2025 in: News

Dip in business confidence reflects tariffs concerns

Business confidence has sunk to the lowest level in three months. The latest Statistics Denmark figures show the overall business confidence index, which combines expectations in industry, construction, retail trade, and services, dropped to…

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Posted on 28. Apr, 2025 in: News

Denmark and Greenland rally against Trump

Greenland’s new prime minister has repeated his defiant message that his country will never be a piece of property that can be bought by just anyone. On the second day of his three-day…

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Posted on 28. Apr, 2025 in: News

U.S. Democrats offer assurances about Greenland

The United States Congress is unlikely to support any invasion of Greenland, the top-ranking Democrat in the House of Representatives said during an unofficial visit to Copenhagen, Friday. As the head of a…

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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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