Posted on 28. Jun, 2016 in: News

Health Authority pushes for crackdown on smoking

Denmark’s leading health organisation is preparing to launch an unprecedented crackdown on smoking with a raft of measures including higher tobacco duty, neutral cigarette packets, and a ban on smoking in schools. As…

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Posted on 28. Jun, 2016 in: News

Police target illegal employers

Police nabbed six men, Monday, suspected of money laundering and ’whitewashing’ millions of kroner. In a carefully coordinated early-morning raid officers ransacked 13 addresses throughout Copenhagen linked to cleaning and service companies  suspected…

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Posted on 28. Jun, 2016 in: News

Graduates over-educated

One in four graduates in this county is ‘too-educated’ for the position they hold. A new survey of 21 OECD countries plus Cypress – “Should governments of OECD countries worry about graduate over-education?”…

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Posted on 28. Jun, 2016 in: News

Homeowners enjoy negative interest rates as Brexit leads to cash flow

Some Danish home owners will soon be enjoying their lowest ever monthly mortgage bill after investors, looking for a safe haven in the wake of last week’s Brexit vote, target Danish triple-A rated…

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Posted on 28. Jun, 2016 in: News

IMF: Danish economy to grow by 1.3% this year, 1.6% in 2017

  The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has concluded its Article IV consultation with Denmark, which predicts gradual further recovery. IMF Press Release: Economic performance has been relatively weak for…

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Posted on 27. Jun, 2016 in: News

Løkke ‘steadies the ship’ after Brexit

Prime Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen has vowed to resist calls for a ‘Danexit’ referendum, following the ‘Brexit’ vote in the UK. After an emergency government leadership meeting, Saturday, the PM said Britain’s exit…

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Posted on 27. Jun, 2016 in: News

Red/Greens back DPP’s demand for Danexit referendum

The Danish People’s Party (DPP), the biggest party on the right, repeated their call for a referendum on Denmark’s membership of the European Union following Britain’s decision to leave. Although the DPP supports the…

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Posted on 27. Jun, 2016 in: News

BBC – Brexit: Danes are shocked

The BBC sent a camera team to Copenhagen, Friday, to gauge the reaction of Danes to Britain’s impending exit from the EU. Too see the BBC report CLICK HERE: 

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Posted on 27. Jun, 2016 in: News

Danish foreign aid could encourage migration

Danish development aid to Africa and elsewhere could increase the migrant flow to Europe, experts claim. Senior researcher Ninna Nyberg Sørensen of the Danish Institute of International Studies (DIIS), who alongside two colleagues…

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Posted on 27. Jun, 2016 in: News

Danish companies lose out on Thule deal

The government’s hope that US Secretary of State’s recent state visit to Denmark would lead to ‘significant concessions’  from the USA regarding the dispute about a multi-million dollar service and operations contract at…

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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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