Posted on 28. May, 2013 in: News

Pat on the back for Obama but no help from Denmark

The Danish government has praised US President Obama’s recently announced steps towards meeting his goal of closing Guantanamo but is still refusing to grant asylum to any released prisoners from the detention camp….

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Posted on 28. May, 2013 in: News

‘Jihad tourists’ should be stripped of citizenship says DPP

The Danish People’s Party (DPP) has called for all ‘holy warriors’ to be stripped of their citizenship. According to left-wing daily Information, both the Liberals and Conservatives are ready to back the DPP’s…

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Posted on 28. May, 2013 in: News

Opposition demands aid transparency

All opposition parties, with the exception of the biggest, the Liberals, are demanding complete transparency from Development Aid Minister Christian Friis Back regarding any issues of Danish aid fraud. After left-wing daily Information…

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Posted on 28. May, 2013 in: News

Norwegian Air catching up on SAS

Norwegian Air could overtake SAS as the biggest airline in Scandinavia within five years, experts predict. Since the cut price flyer bought out the remnants of the bankrupt Sterling Air in 2008 it’s…

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Posted on 27. May, 2013 in: TWTW

The Week That Was, May 20th – May 26th, 2013

Politics / Economy Finance Minister Bjarne Corydon told parliament’s finance committee that the Danish economy won’t be normalised before 2019 at the earliest, more than ten years after the crisis started. Despite this,…

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Posted on 27. May, 2013 in: spanish

LA PASADA SEMANA: Resumen de Noticias del 21 al 26 de mayo de 2013

POLITICA/ECONOMIA El Ministro de Finanzas, Bjerne Corydon, anunció al Comité de Finanzas del Parlamento que la economía danesa no empezará a normalizarse sino hasta el año 2019, lo que significa unos diez años…

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Posted on 27. May, 2013 in: News

Social Minister demands hard line against immigrant parents

Social Minister Karen Hækkerup has demanded a stop to the state’s soft policy towards ethnic minority parents who allow their children to drift into criminality and stay away from school. According to the…

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Posted on 27. May, 2013 in: News

Green car operator files for bancruptcy

Electric car network operator Better Place has been forced to file for bankruptcy. The company has set up battery-charging stations and battery-switching services throughout Denmark but the number of electric cars on the…

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Posted on 27. May, 2013 in: News

Cheating doctors

A number of doctors and physicians have been caught issuing false invoices to the local health authorities for consultations that never took place. One psychiatrist allegedly demanded payment for 159 consultations with a…

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Posted on 27. May, 2013 in: News

Løkke’s trip that never was

Former prime minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen allegedly ‘invented’ an official trip abroad so he could delay giving testimony to the Stateless Commission, currently investigating allegations of a cover up during his time in…

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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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