Posted on 26. Nov, 2024 in: News

Pessimistic consumers intend to spend more over holiday period

Consumer confidence remains low. The latest Statistics Denmark figures show the consumer confidence index dropped to minus 9.3 in November from minus 8.9 the previous month. Senior Danske Bank analyst Louise Aggerstrøm said…

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Posted on 26. Nov, 2024 in: News

Denmark’s Miss Universe in racial slur controversy

Denmark’s newly-crowned Miss Universe is already embroiled in controversy after a TikTok video showed her using a racial slur. Victoria Kjaer Theilvig from Søborg, north-west of Copenhagen, who won the 73rd Miss Universe…

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Posted on 26. Nov, 2024 in: News

Business shorts

10 arrests in money-laundering raid…..DKK125m to attract foreign film makers….Salmonella scare… 10 unidentified males have been taken into custody following a coordinated Copenhagen Police/Tax Agency raid on 17 locations in and around the…

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Posted on 25. Nov, 2024 in: News

Swedish, German coastguards join ‘ship watch’ in Danish waters

Sweden and Germany have joined Denmark in monitoring the Chinese ship anchored in Danish territorial waters – the ‘Yi Peng 3’ – that’s been linked to the two severed underwater cables in the Baltic…

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Posted on 25. Nov, 2024 in: News

Climate Minister ‘disappointed’ by COP29 outcome

Climate Minister Lars Aagaard has expressed his deep disappointment with the final declaration of the COP20 Climate Summit in Azerbaijan, a last-minute deal to inject at least $300 billion annually in the fight…

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Posted on 25. Nov, 2024 in: News

Cross-party agreement on 2025 budget

The government has reached agreement on the 2025 draft budget. At a press conference, Friday, Finance Minister Nikolaj Wammen said the deal, finalised with the Green Left and the Social Liberals (Radikale), would…

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Posted on 25. Nov, 2024 in: News

New racism conviction for anti-Islamist

Anti-Islamist Rasmus Paludan has again been found guilty of racism. Three weeks after being given a four-month prison sentence in Sweden for inciting racial hatred against Muslims, the founder of the far-right Stram Kurs party…

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Posted on 25. Nov, 2024 in: News

Danish backpackers found dead in Laos

Two young Danish travellers are amongst the six people who’ve died following a suspected mass methanol poisoning at a backpacker party town in Laos. Australian, American, and British tourists have also lost their…

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Posted on 25. Nov, 2024 in: News

Opiod concerns

A nasal spray used for the emergency treatment of opioid overdose can be purchased over the counter in pharmacies from today. Ventizolve has previously only been available by prescription but the health authorities…

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Posted on 25. Nov, 2024 in: News

Medical cannabis trial scheme could be made permanent

The government is pushing to make the medical cannabis trial scheme launched in 2018 permanent beyond the 2025 expiration date. Health Minister Sophie Løhde said, Friday, that the government is committed to ensuring…

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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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