Posted on 02. Jun, 2021 in: News

Social Liberals turn right

The government’s left-wing allies have accused the Social Liberals (Radikale) of siding with the opposition after the centrist party’s leader, Sofie Carsten Nielsen, called for extensive labour market reforms and significant tax cuts….

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Posted on 02. Jun, 2021 in: News

Vestager distances herself from espionage scandal

Denmark’s Executive Vice President of the European Commission Margrethe Vestager has distanced herself from any knowledge of the espionage scandal when she was deputy prime minister in Denmark between 2011-14, a period when…

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Posted on 02. Jun, 2021 in: News

No TV at ex-minister’s impeachment trial

A wide, cross-party majority has, as expected, rejected a bill put forward by former immigration minister Inger Støjberg that would have allowed her upcoming impeachment trial to be televised. Only the Danish People’s Party,…

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Posted on 02. Jun, 2021 in: News

500,000 Astra Zeneca vaccines could be wasted

Half a million doses of the Astra Zeneca vaccine, dropped from the national vaccination programme, are at risk of being discarded when their expiry date runs out this summer. Politicians on both sides…

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Posted on 02. Jun, 2021 in: News

Virus updates

Slight dip in positivity rate…..Health authority to reevaluate discarded vaccines….30,000 sign up for voluntary vaccination….’R’ rate stable….Testing strategy costs Dkk2bn per month…. 908 new corona cases were reported Tuesday, 64 up on the…

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Posted on 02. Jun, 2021 in: News

Economists: No need for intervention despite risk of housing market bubble

The red-hot housing market doesn’t need any outside restraints despite National Bank and International Monetary Fund (IMF) concerns about a new bubble, the so-called ‘Wise Men’ of the Economic Council said in their…

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Posted on 01. Jun, 2021 in: News

Macron, Merkel demand answers

French President Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Angela Merkel have demanded answers from both the Danish and U.S. governments regarding allegations that the Danish Defence Intelligence Service (FE) helped the US spy on…

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Posted on 01. Jun, 2021 in: News

No support for benefits reform

The ’Benefits Commission’s’ proposals for reform of the complicated and bureaucratic social entitlement system, published Monday, have already been dismissed by parties on both sides of the aisle. The government’s parliamentary allies, the…

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Posted on 01. Jun, 2021 in: News

Berlingske: Government’s 2-week transition from strong to weak

The illusion of the government’s dominance and Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen’s ‘queen-like’ power over the past two years have been shattered by the embarrassing turnarounds on the  Syria kids affair and the Langeland…

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Posted on 01. Jun, 2021 in: News

Government encourages health authorities to reconsider discarded vaccines

After being forced to extend the vaccination timetable by two weeks the government has now asked the health authorities to reconsider the decision to exclude Johnson & Johnson’s and AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 shots from…

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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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