Posted on 08. Oct, 2021 in: News

Out of court settlement with tax scammers

The Danish Tax Agency (SKAT) is pursuing more out of court settlements with defendants who illegally claimed DKK2bn in tax refunds as part of the multi-billion share-dividend scam. Denmark was just one of…

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Posted on 08. Oct, 2021 in: News

Business shorts

Jyske Bank named in Pandora Papers…..Danish female executive amongst world’s best….Industrial production up… The latest leak of documents by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) reveals how notorious Paruguayan car dealer Genaro…

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Posted on 07. Oct, 2021 in: News

Islamic State mothers arrive in Denmark

Three Danish mothers and 14 children evacuated from the al-Roj detention camp in Syria arrived in Denmark at 02:57 this morning. The government had originally resisted calls to repatriate them, with Prime Minister…

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Posted on 07. Oct, 2021 in: News

Racist who abused MP is a convicted drug dealer, armed robber

The Danish racist who verbally abused head of the ’Free Greens’ party Sikandur Siddique and his parents as they left the official opening of parliament, Tuesday, and who has previously claimed that Muslims…

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Posted on 07. Oct, 2021 in: News

Denmark cool towards EU Balkan expansion

Denmark remains pessimistic about expanding the EU to include Serbia, Kosovo, Albania, Montenegro, North Macedonia, and Bosnia-Herzegovina before 2030. On arrival at the EU-Western Balkans Summit 2021 in Brdo, Slovenia, yesterday Prime Minister…

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Posted on 07. Oct, 2021 in: News

Employers: Labour market agreement won’t solve manpower shortage

The government has successfully concluded an agreement with employer organisations, trade unions, and local authorities aimed at easing the lack of manpower. The jobless will be required to seek work every month and…

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Posted on 07. Oct, 2021 in: News

Virus updates

Infections up…Positivity rate at 6-week high…..Health authortity pulls Moderna vaccine for under 18s….Life expectancy up despite corona…. 573 new corona cases were registered Wednesday, based on nearly 40,000 PCR tests, a positivity rate…

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Posted on 07. Oct, 2021 in: News

Nørrebro named ‘World’s coolest neighbourhood’

The inner-city Copenhagen district of Nørrebro, the scene of riots and immigrant dissent over the past few years, has been named the ‘coolest neighbourhood in the world’ by British trend magazine Time Out. Norrebro is…

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Posted on 06. Oct, 2021 in: News

Climate dominates PM’s opening speech to parliament

The climate dominated Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen’s opening speech to parliament, Tuesday, when she said Denmark’s green future will be ‘costly and need a lot of effort, decisions, investment, and not least courage,…

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Posted on 06. Oct, 2021 in: News

Politiken: PM has finally put immigration to rest

According to left-leaning daily Politiken, the most important message of the prime minister’s opening speech was what was left unsaid – after two years’ uninterrupted focus on the problems caused by refugees, migrants,…

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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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