Posted on 29. Nov, 2024 in: News

Foreign Minister on maiden flight to Greenland’s new international airport

Foreign Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen headed a team of dignitaries on the first direct flight to Greenland’s capital, Nuuk, Thursday.  Ahead of the trip the former prime minister praised the collaboration between Denmark…

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Posted on 29. Nov, 2024 in: News

Medical cannabis legalised

A cross-party majority has reached agreement to make the medical cannabis scheme permanent. The programme, initially introduced as a trial in 2018, provides legal access to cannabis-based treatments for patients with severe conditions.  Health…

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Posted on 28. Nov, 2024 in: News

Socialists push for election

The Green Left (Socialist People’s Party/SF) is pushing for a general election next year. Although the prime minister isn’t required to call an election before 2026, Green Left leader Pia Olsen Dyhr, buoyed…

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Posted on 28. Nov, 2024 in: News

Polish PM calls for Baltic security force

Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk has urged Nordic and Baltic NATO members to form a joint naval policing force in the Baltic Sea region following the recent damage to undersea communication cables. Ahead…

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Posted on 28. Nov, 2024 in: News

Chinese ship suspected of deliberate sabotage

The Chinese ship currently anchored in Danish waters is suspected of deliberately dragging its anchor to cut two communication cables in the Baltic Seat ten days ago, the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reported, Wednesday….

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Posted on 28. Nov, 2024 in: News

New Energy Commissioner hits the ground running

Former climate minister Dan Jørgensen was amongst the 26 new EU Commissioners finally approved by EU lawmakers, Wednesday, following months of negotiations and political in-fighting that began with June’s European election. After receiving…

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Posted on 28. Nov, 2024 in: News

Vestager drops politics for academia

Denmark’s outgoing vice-president of the European Commission Margrethe Vestager has announced her new role as a fellow of the Blavatnik School of Government, part of Oxford University in the UK, which ‘brings together…

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Posted on 28. Nov, 2024 in: News

Ministers get pay raise after 14-year freeze

Cabinet ministers are set to receive a significant wage hike as part of the 2025 budget agreed last week by a cross-party majority. Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen can look forward to a DKK…

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Posted on 28. Nov, 2024 in: News

Pushback on ‘un-Danish’ alcohol restrictions

Proposals to limit alcohol sales have already been dismissed by opposition parties as ‘un-Danish’ and ‘excessively bureaucratic’. After leading doctors called for a ban on alcohol sales after 22.00 in a bid to…

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Posted on 27. Nov, 2024 in: News

Sweden asks Chinese ship to help sabotage investigation

Sweden’s government has asked the Chinese ship that’s stood still in the waters north of Jutland for nearly a week to return to Swedish waters and aid the investigation into the suspected sabotage…

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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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