Posted on 15. Jul, 2022 in: News

SAS ‘close to collapse’ warning

Struggling Scandinavian Airlines (SAS) warned yesterday that the pilot strike is threatening the company’s ability to raise the financing needed to avoid collapse. Having struggled for years, the airline on July 5th filed…

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Posted on 15. Jul, 2022 in: News

Car sales plummet

Car sales have fallen dramatically. The latest Statistics Denmark figures show that over the past 12 months only 163,500 new cars were registered, a drop of 21% on the previous year. According to…

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Posted on 14. Jul, 2022 in: News

Right-wing party raises DKK 750,000 for independent impeachment probe

The government’s allies have declined to support a legal inquiry into whether the prime minister should be impeached for her role in the Minkgate scandal so the New Right (Nye Borgerlige) have commissioned…

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Posted on 14. Jul, 2022 in: News

Covid on the rise: Signs of a 4th wave in care homes

Health organisations have called for the re-vaccination schedule to be brought forward following an increase in corona infections and covid-related deaths at care homes for the elderly. Nis Peter Nissen, head of the…

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Posted on 14. Jul, 2022 in: News

Voters split on who to support in SAS conflict

Voters are divided on which side to support in the SAS conflict but agree on one thing – they won’t be booking flights with the struggling airline in the near future. In a…

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Posted on 14. Jul, 2022 in: News

Public opinion turns against SAS

In a significant turnaround in public opinion a new survey shows nearly half the electorate no longer care whether struggling airline SAS survives its latest crisis. Following Sweden’s decision in June to pull the…

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Posted on 14. Jul, 2022 in: News

Windfall for exporters as dollar reaches parity with euro

The exchange rate between the euro and the US dollar has reached parity for the first time in twenty years. Both currencies were being traded at around DKK7.3 Wednesday, which is bad news…

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Posted on 14. Jul, 2022 in: News

More disposable cash won’t compensate for inflation

Leading economists have disputed Finance Minister Nikolaj Wammen’s claim that consumers’ purchasing power will increase in 2022 and 2023 so the current record-high rate of inflation will be more than compensated for over…

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Posted on 13. Jul, 2022 in: News

Denmark fails to live up to Ukraine pledge

Denmark has so far only given Ukraine 41% of the weapons promised earlier this year. In May, the government agreed to send arms and other military hardware totalling DKK1bn (€133m) to the war-torn…

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Posted on 13. Jul, 2022 in: News

PM asked to explain reluctance to suspend top officials implicated in Minkgate scandal

Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen has been summoned to appear before parliament’s Oversight Committee following the Mink Commission’s strong criticism of her top advisor, Barbara Bertelsen. In a letter to the prime minister, head…

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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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