Posted on 26. Jul, 2016 in: News

Price of a Big Mac indicates krone is undervalued

Denmark is 7th on the latest global ‘Big Mac index’, invented by The Economist in 1986 as an ‘economics for beginners’ guide to whether currencies are at their ‘correct’ level. Although at 30 kroner Denmark…

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Posted on 26. Jul, 2016 in: News

Socialists will squeeze the rich

While the government is hoping to push through tax cuts after summer the Socialist People’s Party (SPP) is determined to ’squeeze the rich’ to finance the expected deficit in local authorities’ budgets over…

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Posted on 26. Jul, 2016 in: News

Brexit campaigner: Denmark could be next

Denmark is one of a group of smaller countries that could soon follow Britain out of the EU, according to right-wing British politician Nigel Farage, a leading voice in the recent Brexit campaign….

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Posted on 26. Jul, 2016 in: News

Ambulance service files for bankruptcy

The Netherlands ambulance services company BIOS, which covers the island of Funen and southern Jutland, has been forced to file for bankruptcy after failing to reimburse the local regional authority with a mistaken…

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Posted on 25. Jul, 2016 in: News

DPP pushes for more border control

The Danish People’s Party has called for a new ‘gendarmerie’ corps to patrol the borders. Danish border ‘gendarmes’, a mixture of the military, police, and customs officials, were abolished in 1969 but the populist…

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Posted on 25. Jul, 2016 in: News

Survey: Tax cuts would encourage high earners to work more

One in four taxpayers in the top income bracket would work more if the punitive top rate of taxation was reduced. In a new Megafon survey for TV2 News ahead of upcoming tax…

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Posted on 25. Jul, 2016 in: News

Ambassador stresses strong Danish-British links

Britons and Danes will remain strong allies after Brexit – that’s the message from British Ambassador Vivien Life in a lengthy interview with Politiken to mark her departure from Denmark this week after…

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Posted on 25. Jul, 2016 in: News

Danish aid suffers from budget cuts, refugee costs

Denmark’s reputation as a generous development aid provider is under threat from a reduced foreign aid budget and fast-rising refugee costs, According to a new OECD report Denmark is facing ‘significant challenges’. From…

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Posted on 25. Jul, 2016 in: News

Retail sales up again

Denmark retail sales rose for a third straight month in June, despite a drop in consumer confidence. Retail sales grew 0.2 percent from May, when sales rose at the same pace, figures from…

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Posted on 25. Jul, 2016 in: News

Copenhagen ‘4th most liveable city’

Copenhagen has made a comeback this year on Monocle magazine’s prestigious ‘Most Livable City 2016’ list. The Danish capital was ranked number 1 in 2009, 2013, and 2014, but slipped to number 10…

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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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