Posted on 01. Mar, 2011 in: News

Boom time in Sweden – bust in Denmark

It’s full steam ahead for Sweden while Denmark could be heading back into recession. New figures from the Statistics Institute in Stockholm show that the Swedish economy grew by 1.2% in the final…

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Posted on 01. Mar, 2011 in: News

Greenpeace ‘invaded Queen’s privacy’

Environmental organisation Greenpeace is to be prosecuted for ‘an invasion of the Queen’s privacy’. The Ministry of Justice has given the prosecutorial authorities the go-ahead to to bring charges against the three environmental…

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Posted on 01. Mar, 2011 in: News

‘Smoking gun’ could trap Birthe

Two highly-placed civil servants claim that Minister of Integration Birthe Rønn Hornbech was personally responsible for denying a group of stateless Palestinians citizenship even though she knew it was in violation of UN…

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Posted on 01. Mar, 2011 in: News

Pirates seize Danish family

Pirates have demanded millions of dollars for the release of a family-owned Danish sailboat captured off the coast of Somalia. The boat, with four adults and three children on board – all Danes…

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Posted on 01. Mar, 2011 in: News

Espersen won’t demand Gaddafi’s resignation

Muammar Gaddafi is finished as Libyan leader – that’s the message Minister of Foreign Affairs Lene Espersen will send in a speech at a human rights forum in Geneva today, without going as…

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Posted on 01. Mar, 2011 in: News

No joy for climate proposal

A joint Danish-British proposal to raise the bar for the EU’s climate ambitions isn’t enjoying much success. The two countries have led the way with with a demand to increase the EU’s CO2…

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Posted on 01. Mar, 2011 in: News

Scrap the Ministry says MP

It isn’t just Minister of Integration Birthe Rønn Hornbech who’s past her sell-by date, according to Social Democrat MP Yildiz Akdogan, it’s the whole ministry that should be scrapped if the opposition gains…

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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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