Posted on 10. Mar, 2016 in: News

Denmark in NATO exercise

Denmark is currently participating in NATO’s week-long Crisis Management Exercise 2016 (CMX16), the military alliance’s regularly-held decision-making and consultation exercise which involves no deployed forces. The European Union is observing the exercise, based…

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Posted on 10. Mar, 2016 in: News

Dead body found near Little Mermaid

A dead body was found close to the Little Mermaid Wednesday. Navy divers discovered the rotting corpse on the seabed at Langelinie but Copenhagen Police said they have no idea who it is…

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Posted on 10. Mar, 2016 in: News

Card transactions up but no increase in private spending

Retail purchases with the national debit card Dankort rose 13 percent in February from a year earlier to DKK 27.2bn ($4 bn), the latest data from card services firm Nets shows. However, even…

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Posted on 10. Mar, 2016 in: News

EU seed money for small businesses

The European Investment Fund (EIF) and The Danish Growth Fund (Vækstfonden) have signed the first COSME agreement in Denmark, benefiting from the support of the European Fund for Strategic Investments (EFSI), the heart…

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Posted on 10. Mar, 2016 in: News

Trade push leads to joint Saudi-Danish business council

The Council of Saudi Chambers (CSC) and Confederation of Danish Industry (DI) have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to set up a joint Saudi-Danish business council. The agreement was signed, Monday, at…

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Posted on 09. Mar, 2016 in: News

Danish politicians criticise Turkey

Danish politicians have showered Turkey with criticism after the country’s prime minister, Ahmet Davutoglu, demanded a long list of concessions from the EU for helping to alleviate the refugee crisis. His demand for…

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Posted on 09. Mar, 2016 in: News

16-year-old charged with planning terrorism

A 16-year-old girl been charged with planning a terrorist attack on two schools, her own and the Jewish Caroline School in Copenhagen, police said yesterday. The girl, then only 15, was detained in…

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Posted on 09. Mar, 2016 in: News

Imams need education says Muslim society

The Danish-Islamic Faith Society has called for a formal education for imams in this country, in response to the public outcry provoked by the TV2 documentary series ‘Mosques Behind the Veil’ in which…

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Posted on 09. Mar, 2016 in: News

Government could be forced to roll back spending cuts

The Social Democrats will put forward a motion today that would, if passed, force the government to roll back plans to cut DKK2.4bn from local authorities’ spending this year. It’s the first time…

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Posted on 09. Mar, 2016 in: News

Local mayors want low start wage for refugees

A group of local Social Democrat mayors have defied the party line by proposing lower wages for refugees to help ease them into the labour market, Berlingske reports. Party leadership has consistently rejected…

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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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