Posted on 28. Nov, 2012 in: News

Nuclear waste plans ‘inconceivable’

While the government continues to narrow the field of possible locations in this country for a nuclear waste site, or ‘repository’, foreign experts have dismissed the plan as ‘inconceivable’. Denmark has for the…

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Posted on 28. Nov, 2012 in: News

Mayor calls for national anti-poverty strategy

Mayor of Copenhagen has urged the government to come up with a national plan to combat poverty. In conjunction with a major debate on poverty at Copenhagen Town Hall, part of the international…

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Posted on 28. Nov, 2012 in: News

Major drug capture in Christiania

Copenhagen narcotics police have seized 340 kilos of cannabis, to the value of DKK18m, in the ‘free state’ of Christiania since the special ‘Task Force Pusher Street’ was deployed three months ago. Justice…

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Posted on 28. Nov, 2012 in: News

Press regulation: Lessons from Denmark?

The BBC asks whether the Danish model of press regulation could be an option for the UK? It is many British newspapers’ worst nightmare: A system where complaints from readers are handled by…

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Posted on 28. Nov, 2012 in: News

Denmark puts focus on national prosecutions of ICC crimes

Denmark together with South Africa on Monday 19 November organized a key debate in The Hague about the need to improve national prosecutions of ICC crimes. From Ministry of Foreign Affairs website: Denmark…

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Posted on 28. Nov, 2012 in: News

Real winter on its way

Extreme cold will replace the mild winter weather, Thursday, with the possibility of snow and ice-cold northerly winds. Meteorologists expect temperatures to drop to around 2 degrees centigrade, but the wind-chill factor will…

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Posted on 27. Nov, 2012 in: News

Denmark heading for yes on Palestinian upgrade

Denmark looks like voting yes when the UN votes to upgrade the Palestinians’ diplomatic status to that of a non-member state on Thursday, but the government is still waiting to see the final…

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Posted on 27. Nov, 2012 in: News

PM backs ‘Bank Package 2’

Prime Minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt has offered her ‘full and unreserved’ backing for the state’s funding of ‘Bank Package 2’, described by her party whip Henrik Sass Larsen as ‘Denmark’s biggest-ever robbery’. After a…

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Posted on 27. Nov, 2012 in: News

Better integration – more control says PM

Prime Minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt is determined to get more value for the huge amounts of money the state spends on integration. At a press conference to mark the end of the government’s two-day…

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Posted on 27. Nov, 2012 in: News

Danske Bank denies manipulation accusations

The Danske Bank has rejected accusations that it tried to manipulate the previous government during negotiations concerning ‘Bank Package 2’, the state-sponsored emergency aid fund for banks. Former business and economy minister Lene…

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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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