Posted on 16. Jun, 2023 in: News

National Bank raises interest rates for the eighth time in a year

Denmark’s National Bank raised the interest rate by 0.25 percentage points on Thursday, following in the footsteps of the European Central Bank (ECB), which announced a corresponding interest rate hike earlier in the…

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Posted on 15. Jun, 2023 in: News

Polish ambassador walks back opposition to Danish PM

Poland’s ambassador to Denmark, Antoni Falkowski, has dismissed reports that his country would oppose Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen’s rumoured candidacy to become the new NATO secretary general. On Wednesday the respected Wall Street…

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Posted on 15. Jun, 2023 in: News

Sweden nearing conclusion of pipelines probe

Sweden is hoping to be able to determine who was behind the Nord Stream gas pipeline sabotage after summer. Mats Ljungqvist, the prosecutor leading the Swedish investigation, told Swedish Radio he had met…

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Posted on 15. Jun, 2023 in: News

Language dispute in parliament could cost taxpayers DKK200m per year

The Presidium (supreme authority of the Danish Parliament) is trying to come up with a solution that would placate Greenlandic and Faroese lawmakers who have demanded their respective languages be spoken on the…

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Posted on 15. Jun, 2023 in: News

New media bill: 2% tax on streaming services

The government and a cross-party majority have reached agreement on a new media bill including a tax on digital streaming and on-demand services. Under the terms of the agreement, presented by Minister for…

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Posted on 15. Jun, 2023 in: News

Vestager targets Google…again

Denmark’s Executive Vice President of the European Commission Margrethe Vestager has invited Google to respond to accusations that the American search giant ‘may have illegally distorted competition in the online advertising industry, also…

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Posted on 15. Jun, 2023 in: News

Government proposes restrictions on global tech companies

The government has put forward a long list of initiatives aimed at restricting the influence of global tech companies and curbing the massive accumulation of data on young people. The proposed measures include…

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Posted on 15. Jun, 2023 in: News

Danish, Spanish police in coordinated drugs bust

In a coordinated crackdown Danish and Spanish police have arrested five people linked to the criminal bike gang Hells Angels on suspicion of drug trafficking. According to a statement released by Spanish Police…

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Posted on 14. Jun, 2023 in: News

Anti-Islamist blames PM for Bornholm ban

Anti-Islamist agitator Rasmus Paludan has blamed Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen for his exclusion from the annual Citizens Democracy Forum that gets underway on the island of Bornholm today. The local police authorities have banned…

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Posted on 14. Jun, 2023 in: News

Parties demand new Minkgate probe

Non-government parties on both right and left have offered support for a motion tabled by the Conservatives that would provide the Defence Intelligence Agency (FE) with the authority to search for text messages…

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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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