Posted on 24. Aug, 2021 in: News

Business leaders cast doubts on recovery

The economy has bounced back with record-high employment figures and companies have emerged strongly from the crisis, Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen said at yesterday’s corona press conference – but business leaders are less…

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Posted on 24. Aug, 2021 in: News

Virus updates

Infections, hospitalisations up….Health Minister offers booster….No more major lockdowns says PM….Herd immunity ‘impossible’….. 774 new corona cases were reported yesterday, 54 up on Sunday as the positivity rate rose to 1.58%. At the…

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Posted on 24. Aug, 2021 in: News

850 ‘interpreters’ apply for asylum – 1 approved

Around 850 Afghanistan nationals applied for residency in this country over the weekend under the terms of the 2013 ‘interpreter accord’ but only one was approved. Defence Minister Trine Bramsen said there’s been an ’explosion’…

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Posted on 24. Aug, 2021 in: News

Deported gang member arrives on evacuation plane

A 23-year old former gang member who was deported from Denmark following repeated acts of criminality was apprehended at Copenhagen Airport, Sunday, after arriving on an evacuation flight from Kabul. According to Copenhagen…

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Posted on 24. Aug, 2021 in: News

DKK800m government grant for Danish vaccine

The government has given biotechnology company Bavarian Nordic a DKK800m ($125m) grant to help finance the development of a Danish Covid-19 vaccine. At a press conference, Monday, Health Minister Magnus Heunicke, said trials…

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Posted on 24. Aug, 2021 in: News

Business shorts

Record-high employment…Leisure industry labour shortage…Consumers more confident.. A record number of people are now in the labour market – 25,000 more gained employment in June, the fifth monthly increase in a row, which…

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Posted on 23. Aug, 2021 in: News

Defence Minister enjoyed lunch as Taleban seized Kabul

As Taleban militia were entering Kabul 10 days ago Defence Minister Trine Bramsen was enjoying lunch at a country club restaurant near Copenhagen. The Minister has come under fire from opposition parties after…

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Posted on 23. Aug, 2021 in: News

450 evacuated from Kabul – 90 on ‘Danish list’ remain

450 people, including Danish nationals, diplomats, embassy staff and all local employees who worked for Denmark in Afghanistan have now been evacuated from Kabul, Foreign Minister Jeppe Kofod said yesterday although 90 people…

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Posted on 23. Aug, 2021 in: News

Socialists demand apology for WW2 communists

The Socialist People’s Party (SPP) has called on Prime Minister Mette Rasmussen to offer an apology to the descendants of Danish communists who were interned in this country in 1941, some of whom…

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Posted on 23. Aug, 2021 in: News

Virus updates

Hospitalisations at 6-week high but positivity rate low….Health Authority planning for ‘booster’….. 720 new corona cases were reported over the Saturday-Sunday period as the positivity rate of the 61.143 people tested dropped to…

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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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