Posted on 20. Mar, 2013 in: News

Turkish visit signals thaw in relationship

Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Ergodan’s official visit to Denmark today is a sign that the relationship between the two countries has been normalised after a lengthy diplomatic crisis, according to Politiken’s Turkey…

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Posted on 20. Mar, 2013 in: News

Turkish PM backs down from anti-Israel remarks ahead of Denmark visit

Ahead of his official visit to Denmark, Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan has backed down from abrasive comments made in Austria three weeks ago when he described Zionism as a ‘crime against…

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Posted on 20. Mar, 2013 in: News

Reduced growth expectations

The government is preparing to downwardly adjust its economic growth forecast for 2013. After the Ministry for Economic and Interior Affairs announced that Danish GDP shrank by 0.6% in 2012, Economy Minister Margrethe…

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Posted on 20. Mar, 2013 in: News

Danish jobs success – abroad

Danish companies employed 59,000 new workers last year – unfortunately all of them abroad. As the labour market in this country continues to shrink, new figures from the Confederation of Danish Industries (DI)…

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Posted on 19. Mar, 2013 in: News

Top bosses: Thorning best for business

The government has been showered with praise from an unexpected source – the business sector. Prime Minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt’s Social Democrat party may be sinking to new depths in the opinion polls, but…

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Posted on 19. Mar, 2013 in: News

No more ‘Work-shy Roberts’ say Conservatives

The Conservatives are demanding financial sanctions against welfare recipients who refuse to look for work. As their price for supporting the government’s reform bill, the Conservatives have proposed that anybody on welfare who…

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Posted on 19. Mar, 2013 in: News

Criticism for Cyprus rescue plan

Danish experts lined up, Monday, to criticise the bailout plan aimed at preventing Cyprus’s banking sector from slipping into bankruptcy. Professor Jesper Rangvid of Copenhagen Business School characterised the EU’s demand that Cypriot…

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Posted on 19. Mar, 2013 in: News

LEGO creates 2,000 new jobs – in China

Danish toy giant LEGO has announced plans to build and operate a new factory in China. The new factory in Jiaxing, the company’s first in Asia, is expected to be fully operational by…

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Posted on 19. Mar, 2013 in: News

Youth unemployment in Denmark rising fast

New statistics Denmark figures show that while the number of jobless between the age of 30 and 49 remained constant last year, the number of unemployed under the age of 30 rose to…

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Posted on 19. Mar, 2013 in: News

DR retraction – no basis for Frederiksen leak story

DR News has retracted a story alleging that highly-placed Social Democrats leaked details of the government’s proposal to lower corporate tax in an attempt to embarrass Employment Minister Mette Frederiksen. DR analyst Kenneth…

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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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