Posted on 01. Aug, 2022 in: News

Healthcare is the top issue for voters

Healthcare is the dominant campaign issue for voters in the next election that, analysts believe, will be held his autumn. In a new Megafon poll for TV2, 33% of respondents name ‘hospitals and…

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Posted on 01. Aug, 2022 in: News

Foreign Minister leads Nordic push for nuclear disarmament

Denmark needs to take a decisive role in preventing the spread of nuclear weapons, Foreign Minister Jeppe Kofod said last night ahead of a UN conference on the landmark Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty that…

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Posted on 01. Aug, 2022 in: News

Employees unconcerned about unemployment threat

Although unemployment is rising slightly most people aren’t concerned about losing their job. The latest Statistics Denmark figures show there were 73,300 registered jobless in June – around 2.5% of the workforce and…

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Posted on 01. Aug, 2022 in: News

Denmark 10th on global wealth survey

Denmark is 10th among OECD countries for having the best work-life balance. The annual Global Wealth Trends Survey by financial technology company Tipalti ranks countries based on their working environments and benefits, using…

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Posted on 01. Aug, 2022 in: News

Monkeypox on the rise

Monkeypox continues to spread in this country. 90 cases have been recorded so far and the number of pure ‘internal’ infections – from Dane to Dane – has risen dramatically, signalling a change…

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Posted on 01. Aug, 2022 in: News

Bomb joke leads to airport shutdown

Terminal 2 at Copenhagen Airport was closed down for an hour on Friday after a Swedish handball coach joked about having a bomb in his baggage. Pontus Ward Wiklund, who was detained by…

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Posted on 29. Jul, 2022 in: News

DPP whip leads defections to new party

One of the Danish People´s Party’s (DPP) most prominent names has officially joined Inger Støjberg’s Denmark’s Democrats, becoming the first MP to represent the new party at Christiansborg (Parliament). Peter Skaarup was one…

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Posted on 29. Jul, 2022 in: News

Gloomy outlook for Danish economy

There’s little optimism in a new report on the economy from Statistics Denmark. The latest figures show the retail industry’s turnover and business sector expectations have declined. Retail sales fell in June by…

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Posted on 29. Jul, 2022 in: News

Fewer want to be teachers, nurses

Denmark is facing a shortage of 35,000 kindergarten teachers, schoolteachers, nurses and social workers by 2030. The 2022 university/college  enrollment figures, released Thursday, showed 60,034 students have been accepted for a course of…

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Posted on 29. Jul, 2022 in: News

Tobacco giant sues Health Ministry

British American Tobacco, the world’s second-biggest cigarette producer, is suing the Danish Health Ministry for ‘damaging public health.’ According to the tobacco giant, which sells around 500 billion cigarettes annually, the Danish parliament ‘impaired…

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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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