Posted on 21. Jun, 2021 in: News

Banks to assume corona debt?

While companies continue to borrow money from the state to help them through the corona crisis the government is working on a scheme that would encourage banks to assume the collective DKK30bn ($4.9bn)…

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Posted on 21. Jun, 2021 in: News

Baltic pipeline gets green light to resume

Construction work on the Baltic Pipeline, which was halted in Denmark earlier this month due to concerns over the project’s impact on protected mice and bat species, is set to resume, Danish grid…

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Posted on 21. Jun, 2021 in: News

Business shorts

State owned fund inks India deal….Danske Bank rejects crypto currency….Shares in bio company slump after U.S. says no….. State-owned IFU (Investment Fund for Developing Countries) has agreed to develop and finance a 250MW…

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Posted on 18. Jun, 2021 in: News

Left wing threatens Google, Facebook

The four party leaders on the left have warned they are ready to pursue tougher regulation to limit the power of tech giants such as Facebook and Google. In a joint interview with…

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Posted on 18. Jun, 2021 in: News

Social Liberals signal right turn ahead

Social Liberal (Radikale) leader Sofie Carsten Nielsen has suggested her party could defect from the government alliance and join the centre-right ‘if the conditions are right.’ At the Citizens Forum in Bornholm, Ms…

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Posted on 18. Jun, 2021 in: News

EU Commission approves Denmark’s spending plan for corona aid

The European Commission has approved Denmark’s plan for spending the €1.5bn grant offered by the EU to help rebuild the economy post-corona. Ahead of her flying visit to Copenhagen, Thursday, President of the…

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Posted on 18. Jun, 2021 in: News

Eriksen to get pacemaker

A few hours before Denmark’s emotional Euro 2021 match against Belgium last night the Danish Football Association (DBU) announced that Christian Eriksen, who’s still recovering in Righospital after suffering cardiac arrest during Denmark’s…

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Posted on 18. Jun, 2021 in: News

Youngsters to be offered vaccination

All youngsters between the ages of 12-15 will be offered a corona vaccine after all the adult population has been innoculated. Soren Brostrom, head of the Danish Health Authority, said yesterday: “An expansion…

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Posted on 18. Jun, 2021 in: News

Virus updates

Hosptilisations continue to fall…..Nearly 50% vaccinated….Infection rate higher than Sweden, Norway….. The number of patients hospitalised by covid continues to fall at a fast rate – only 84 yesterday, after nine were discharged….

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Posted on 18. Jun, 2021 in: News

Business shorts

Insurance companies discriminated against pregnant women…Novo buys out British company in DKK3.5bn deal… Leading Danish pension and insurance companies, including Codan, Topdanmark, and AP Pension, are facing police probes, and possibly fines, after…

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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-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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