Posted on 03. Dec, 2024 in: News

Disability pension debate flares up again

Non-Western immigrants are significantly less likely to have their disability pensions reviewed compared to ‘ethnic Danes’. New figures from the Danish Agency for Labour Market and Recruitment show that since 2004, only 1.5%…

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Posted on 03. Dec, 2024 in: News

Potential citizens face parliamentary grilling

Three citizenship applicants have been summoned to appear before a parliamentary committee today and tomorrow after making controversial anti-democratic statements online. In response to concerns that some people applying for a Danish passport…

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Posted on 03. Dec, 2024 in: News

Ex-PM supports Saudi’s World Cup bid despite human rights concerns

Former prime minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt has come out in support of Saudi Arabia’s bid to host the 2034 FIFA World Cup. As head of the Danish Football Association’s (DBU) governance committee, the ex-PM…

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Posted on 03. Dec, 2024 in: News

Decision on activist’s extradition before Christmas

A Greenland court on Monday extended the detention of US-Canadian Paul Watson for two more weeks pending a decision on his possible extradition to Japan. The hearing was the anti-whaling activist’s sixth since…

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Posted on 03. Dec, 2024 in: News

Egyptian president on state visit

Security, migration, and the green transition will be high on the agenda when Egypt President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi arrives in Copenhagen on Saturday for talks with Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen – the first…

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Posted on 03. Dec, 2024 in: News

Carlsberg could be back in business in Russia

Carlsberg could soon be in control of its Russian business again. According to Russian media reports, the brewing giant’s former assets in the Russian Federation have been removed from temporary state control in…

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Posted on 03. Dec, 2024 in: News

State to assume control of Copenhagen Airport

The Danish state is set to take a controlling share of Kobenhavns Lufthavne, the operator of Copenhagen airport.  The Finance Ministry has entered into a ‘conditional purchase deal’ with Danish pension giant firm…

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Posted on 03. Dec, 2024 in: News

Analyst questions airport’s re-nationalisation

BT News’ political analyst Joachim B. Olsen has questioned why the government feels the need to purchase Copenhagen Airport. At a press conference, Monday, where Finance Minister Nikolaj Wammen announced the deal, the…

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Posted on 02. Dec, 2024 in: News

German prosecutor identifies two suspects in pipeline sabotage

Germany’s Public Prosecutor  has identifed two suspects in the 2022 Nord Stream 2 pipeline sabotage two years ago. Jens Rommel told the Der Spiegel newspaper, Saturday, that while the motivation behind the attack and…

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Posted on 02. Dec, 2024 in: News

More aid for Palestinians in Gaza

Ahead of a ministerial conference in Cairo today on the situation in Gaza the government has increased humanitarian aid to the Palestinian civil population by DKK35m ($5m). In a press release this morning,…

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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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