Posted on 19. Apr, 2016 in: News

9 out of 10 refugees remain unemployed after two years in Denmark

New figures reveal the drastic job situation for refugees. 88 per cent of refugees granted residency in 2013/14 were still unemployed two years later and claiming social benefits. Only 4.2 per cent of…

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Posted on 19. Apr, 2016 in: News

PM unpopular with allies

Lars Løkke Rasmussen isn’t a popular figure with his biggest ally. Only one in four Danish People’s Party (DPP) voters believe he should be prime minister, a new Norstat poll for news site…

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Posted on 19. Apr, 2016 in: News

‘Red’ pols more credible than ‘blue’

Politicians on the left of the political spectrum are more credible than those on the right, a new survey shows. In a new Gallup poll for Berlingske, two leading Social Democrats emerge as…

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Posted on 19. Apr, 2016 in: News

Denmark’s ‘tough cookie’ targets Google – again

Former Social Liberal leader Margrethe Vestager, the European commissioner for competition, is reportedly close to launching an investigation into Android, Google’s operating system for mobile phones, which is pre-installed on more than 80…

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Posted on 19. Apr, 2016 in: News

More US media criticism of Denmark’s refugee policy

Another leading American newspaper has condemned Denmark’s hard-line refugee and asylum policy and the recent legal ruling against ‘good Samaritans’. In a hard-hitting editorial, Sunday, the Boston Herald wrote that while the USA,…

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Posted on 18. Apr, 2016 in: News

Foreign Minister: West was too slow to react to ISIS threat

Many more lives could have been saved in Syria and Iraq if the West had reacted earlier, Foreign Minister Kristian Jensen claimed yesterday ahead of Tuesday’s vote in parliament when a majority is…

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Posted on 18. Apr, 2016 in: News

Terror suspect: Cartoonist deserved to die

One of the four defendants charged with helping Gunman Omar El-Hussein to escape last year told a Copenhagen Court, Friday, that everybody at the internet gaming cafe in Nørrebro where the killer sought…

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Posted on 18. Apr, 2016 in: News

Socialists promote legalised cannabis

The Socialist People’s Party (SPP) has joined the call for legalised cannabis. At the party’s annual conference over the weekend delegates passed a motion, bringing them in line with their allies on the…

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Posted on 18. Apr, 2016 in: News

New Ukraine PM to greet Løkke

Danish PM Lars Løkke Rasmussen will be the first official foreign guest of Volodymyr Groysman, who was approved by the Ukrainian parliament as the country’s new prime minister late last week after days…

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Posted on 18. Apr, 2016 in: News

Welcome to Denmark

Parliament’s speaker Pia Kjærsgaard urged 2,000 foreign nationals who’ve become Danish citizens over the past year to play an important part in society at the annual ‘citizenship day’ outside parliament, Sunday. In a…

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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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