Posted on 26. Jul, 2017 in: News

10 refugee kids cost local council $100,000 per month

10 unaccompanied refugee kids are costing taxpayers in the municipality of Frederiksberg a collective DKK670,000 ($100,000) per month. Tabloid daily Ekstra Bladet reported Tuesday how the local council pays Integrationsnet, part of the Danish…

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Posted on 26. Jul, 2017 in: News

Liberals: Jobless youths can wash road signs

The jobless should be put to work washing road signs, at least according to the ruling Liberals’ traffic spokesman Kristian Pihl Lorentzen. In a readers’ letter to the local Holstebro-Struer newspaper, Mr Lorentzen…

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Posted on 26. Jul, 2017 in: News

Beggars convicted but avoid prison

Three more foreign nationals were found guilty of begging at Copenhagen City Court yesterday, ‘in absentia’, bringing the total to four since the new public disorder law came into power last month. The…

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Posted on 26. Jul, 2017 in: News

Danes like internet shopping

Danes have become eager internet shoppers. The 2017 edition of the EU Commission’s Consumer Conditions Scoreboard shows Danish consumers spent an average of DKK89 every month last year on internet purchases, second only to…

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Posted on 26. Jul, 2017 in: News

Worst weather since 1979

The current spate of poor July weather is the worst for 38 years. So far there hasn’t been one summer day this month and if the trend continues until August 1st it will…

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Posted on 26. Jul, 2017 in: News

Danish banks meet financial liability requirments

Leading credit ratings agency Moody’s believes Danish banks’ existing capital will be sufficient to cover most of the loss-absorbing debt targets set out under Denmark’s Minimum Requirement for Own Funds and Eligible Liabilities…

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Posted on 25. Jul, 2017 in: News

Fines for ‘re-education parents’?

An overwhelming majority of voters believe immigrant parents who send their children home on ‘re-education trips’ should suffer financially. An increasing number of ethnic minority kids brought up in Denmark have asked the…

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Posted on 25. Jul, 2017 in: News

Social legacy passed down from grandparents

New data suggests that social legacy is handed down through three generations. A new study by the Economic Council of the Labour Movement (AE) reveals how a grandparent’s educational level plays a significant…

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Posted on 25. Jul, 2017 in: News

New party calls for spot checks of foreign vehicles

The anti-immigrant New Conservatives (Nye Borgerlige) want to extend border control to include checks on all cars leaving Denmark. In an interview with the Jyske Vestkysten newspaper, Monday, party leader Pernille Vermund said…

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Posted on 25. Jul, 2017 in: News

Heating stoves more dangerous than traffic

Old-fashioned wood-fired stoves and ovens are the cause of more pollution in this country than all vehicles combined. A new study by the Centre for the Environment and Energy shows that an estimated…

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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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