Posted on 18. Dec, 2024 in: News

Novo Nordisk investment tops $29bn

Denmark’s most valuable company, Novo Nordisk, is spending DKK 8.5bn ($1.2bn) on a brand-new manufacturing plant in Odense where it plans to hire 400 permanent employees, reinforcing its commitment to this country. The…

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Posted on 17. Dec, 2024 in: News

PET: China may misuse Danes’ genetic data

Danish Intelligence (PET) has sounded the alarm about the possibility of the Danish public’s sensitive genetic data being used for military purposes by China. The growing controversy surrounds the BGI Group, a Chinese…

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Posted on 17. Dec, 2024 in: News

Navy stops monitoring mysterious Chinese ship

The Danish Navy has ceased surveillance of the Chinese ship anchored in the Kattegat north of Jutland. The Yi Peng 3 has been under observation for four weeks since being linked to undersea cable…

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Posted on 17. Dec, 2024 in: News

Løkke: No more repatriation from Syrian detention camps

The remaining Danish citizens held in Syrian detention camps have no wish to be repatriated, Foreign Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen said Monday on the sidelines of an EU meeting in Brussels where ministers…

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Posted on 17. Dec, 2024 in: News

Social Democrats: ‘It will be difficult to deport Syrian refugees’

Syrian refugees in this country can claim up to DKK200,000 ($27,000) if they return home voluntarily but the ruling Social Democrats have acknowledged it’s unlikely that very many will accept the offer. Although…

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Posted on 17. Dec, 2024 in: News

Denmark to check insurance documents of Russia’s ‘shadow fleet’

Denmark and eleven other countries have agreed to measures to ‘disrupt and deter’ Russia’s so-called shadow fleet of vessels that move millions of barrels of Russian petroleum around the world. News agency Reuters…

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Posted on 17. Dec, 2024 in: News

Danish EU Commissioner in turnaround on nuclear energy

The EU will need to rely on nuclear energy to achieve its proposed 2040 climate target, Denmark’s new Energy Commissioner Dan Jørgensen said yesterday following his first ministerial meeting in Brussels. Despite Denmark’s…

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Posted on 17. Dec, 2024 in: News

Danish human rights activist detained for 5,000 days

Human rights organisations throughout the world have joined together to demand the release of Danish-Bahraini citizen Abdulhadi al-Khawaja who’s now been detained for exactly 5,000 days in Bahrain. Al Khawaja, who’s serving a life…

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Posted on 16. Dec, 2024 in: News

Greenland accuses Denmark of genocide

Greenland’s Prime Minister has accused Denmark of genocide over the forced insertion of contraceptive coils in thousands of Greenlandic women during the 1960s and 70s. In an interview with DR News, Múte Bourup…

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Posted on 16. Dec, 2024 in: News

Foreign Minister shares PM’s gloomy global outlook

Foreign Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen has echoed Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen’s gloomy outlook for the global security situation and warned that the Danish public needs to prepare for significant increases in defence spending….

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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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