Posted on 05. Feb, 2015 in: News

Pegida leader attacked by colleagues

The figurehead of the Danish wing of the anti-Islamisation movement Pegida, child psychologist Nicolai Sennels, has come under fire from his professional colleagues at the Copenhagen local authority. 11 of his associates have…

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Posted on 05. Feb, 2015 in: News

Conservatives demand change in snooping law

The Conservatives have denounced new snooping legislation that allows the tax authorities to enter a person’s private property to check whether renovation work or home improvements are being carried out legally. The party’s tax…

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Posted on 05. Feb, 2015 in: News

Christiania appeals for money

The normally anarchic ‘hippy state’ of Christiania has appealed to the government for a state-guaranteed loan to secure its economic future. Christiana has turned to the government after being refused money by mortgage lenders…

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New information reveals Norwegian involvement in WW2 occupation

The decision to occupy Denmark was taken at a meeting in Berlin on December 17, 1939 – three and a half months after World War II broke out and almost four months before…

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SAS deal reveals undisclosed assets

SAS had sold a single pair of London Heathrow take-off and landing slots to an undisclosed buyer for DKK390m ($60m) leading to speculation that the struggling airline has far more assets than previously…

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Posted on 05. Feb, 2015 in: News

Business shorts

DONG buys world’s biggest offshore windfarm/Danish sports app sold for millions/Shipping company goes bust DONG: DONG Energy has acquired the remaining 66.66% ownership interest in the UK offshore wind development Hornsea Project One,  the…

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Posted on 04. Feb, 2015 in: News

No arms to Ukraine says Foreign Minister

US moves to provide weapons to Ukraine in its fight against Russian-backed separatists would only escalate the crisis, Foreign Minister Martin Lidegaard said yesterday in response to reports that top Obama administration officials…

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Posted on 04. Feb, 2015 in: News

DPP members warned about anti-Islam comments

Two Danish People’s Party members who posted inflammatory anti-Islam messages on Facebook have been given a stern warning by the party’s executive committee. DPP’s deputy leader, Søren Espersen, who originally claimed that the Facebook…

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Posted on 04. Feb, 2015 in: News

Big ’yes’ to replace EU justice opt-out

The ‘yes’ side looks like emerging victorious when the electorate is asked to vote on whether Denmark should replace its blanket EU opt out on legal and justice affairs with a ‘pick and…

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Posted on 04. Feb, 2015 in: News

Vestager extends EU tax probe

Denmark’s EU Competition Commissioner Margrete Vestager has extended the Commission’s tax probe to include Belgium’s rules on so-called “excess profit”. She said yesterday. “The Belgian ‘excess profit’ tax system appears to grant substantial tax…

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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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